observation and discovery nervous system Flashcards
echocephalography
echo/encephalo/graphy
echo/brain/writing procedure
procedure used to examine the brain waves
electroencephalography (EEG)
electro/encephalo/graphy
electricity/brain/writing procedure
procedure used to examine the electrical activity of the brain
MRA
magnetic resonance angiography
procedure used to measure blood vessels
myelogram
myelo/gram
spinal cord/record
image of the spinal cord, usually done using x ray
PET SCAN
an imaging procedure that uses radiation (positrons) to produce cross sections of the brain
transcranial doppler sonography
an imaging technique that produces an image of the brain using sound waves sent through the skull
cerebral atrophy
cerebr/al a/trophy
brain/pertaining to
no/nourishment
wasting away of brain tissue
how does encephalocele happen?
defect in skull
cranial hematoma
skull/pertaining to/blood/tumor
a hematoma beneath the skull
epidural hematoma
a hematoma located on top of the dura
intracerebral hematoma
a hematoma located inside of the brain
subdural hematoma
a hematoma located beneath the dura
macrocephaly
macro/cephal/y
large/head/condition
abnormally large head
microcephaly
abnormally small head
myelocele
hernia of the spinal cord
myelomalacia
abnormal softening of the spinal cord
agnosia
inability to comprehend
apathy
lack of emotion
neurasthenia
nerve weakness
neuroglycopenia
deficiency of sugar that interferes w normal brain activity
prosopagnosia
inability to recognize faces
prosop/a/gnos/ia
face/no/knowledge/condition
afferent nerve
af/ferent nerve
toward/carry
a nerve that carries impulses toward the CNS
efferent nerve
ef/ferent nerve
away/carry
a nerve that carries impulses away from the CNS
neurogenic
neuro/gen/ic
nerve/creation/pertaining to
originating form/created by nerves
psychogenic
psycho/gen/ic
mind/creation/pertaining to
originating in/created by the mind
psychologist
psycho/logist
mind/specialist
dr. who specializes in the study of the mind
psychiatrist
psych/iatrist
mind/specialist
dr. who specializes in the treatment of the mind
psychosomatic
psycho/somat/ic
mind/body/pertaining to
pertaining to the relationship between the body and the mind
interictal
inter/ictal
between/seizure
time between seizures
postictal
post/ictal
after/seizure
time after a seizure
preictal
pre/ictal
before/seizure
time before a seizure
tonic
ton/ic
muscle/pertaining to
pertaining to muscle tone
(normally weak or unresponsive)
clonus
muscle spasm or twitching
tonic-clonic seizure
ton/ic clon/ic
muscle/pertaining to
spasm/pertaining to
a seizure characterized by both a tonic and clonic phase
