nervous system - objective terms

Question 1

position emission tomography (PET) scan

Answer 1

nuclear medicine technique used to create cross sections of the brain

Question 2

magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)

Answer 2

use of MRI with contrast dye to see the blood vessels of the brain

Question 3

echoencepholography

Answer 3

examination of the brain using sound waves

Question 4

electroencephalography (EEG)

Answer 4

recording of the electrical activity of the brain waves

Question 5

lumbar puncture (LP)

Answer 5

removal of cerebrospinal fluid from the lumbar area

Question 6

hematoma

Answer 6

tumor like mass made up of blood

Question 7

cranial hematoma

Answer 7

hematoma beneath the skull

Question 8

epidural hematoma

Answer 8

hematoma on top of the dura

Question 9

intracerebral hematoma

Answer 9

hematoma inside the brain

Question 10

subdural hematoma

Answer 10

hematoma inside the brain

Question 11

cerebral atrophy

Answer 11

wasting away of brain tissue

Question 12

microcephaly

Answer 12

abnormally small skull

Question 13

macrocephaly

Answer 13

abnormally large skull

Question 14

neuroma

Answer 14

nerve tumor