observation and discovery nervous system

Question 1

echocephalography

Answer 1

echo/encephalo/graphy
echo/brain/writing procedure
procedure used to examine the brain waves

Question 2

electroencephalography (EEG)

Answer 2

electro/encephalo/graphy
electricity/brain/writing procedure
procedure used to examine the electrical activity of the brain

Question 3

MRA

Answer 3

magnetic resonance angiography
procedure used to measure blood vessels

Question 4

myelogram

Answer 4

myelo/gram
spinal cord/record
image of the spinal cord, usually done using x ray

Question 5

PET SCAN

Answer 5

an imaging procedure that uses radiation (positrons) to produce cross sections of the brain

Question 6

transcranial doppler sonography

Answer 6

an imaging technique that produces an image of the brain using sound waves sent through the skull

Question 7

cerebral atrophy

Answer 7

cerebr/al a/trophy
brain/pertaining to
no/nourishment
wasting away of brain tissue

Question 8

how does encephalocele happen?

Answer 8

defect in skull

Question 9

cranial hematoma

Answer 9

skull/pertaining to/blood/tumor
a hematoma beneath the skull

Question 10

epidural hematoma

Answer 10

a hematoma located on top of the dura

Question 11

intracerebral hematoma

Answer 11

a hematoma located inside of the brain

Question 12

subdural hematoma

Answer 12

a hematoma located beneath the dura

Question 13

macrocephaly

Answer 13

macro/cephal/y
large/head/condition
abnormally large head

Question 14

microcephaly

Answer 14

abnormally small head

Question 15

myelocele

Answer 15

hernia of the spinal cord

Question 16

myelomalacia

Answer 16

abnormal softening of the spinal cord

Question 17

agnosia

Answer 17

inability to comprehend

Question 18

apathy

Answer 18

lack of emotion

Question 19

neurasthenia

Answer 19

nerve weakness

Question 20

neuroglycopenia

Answer 20

deficiency of sugar that interferes w normal brain activity

Question 21

prosopagnosia

Answer 21

inability to recognize faces
prosop/a/gnos/ia
face/no/knowledge/condition

Question 22

afferent nerve

Answer 22

af/ferent nerve
toward/carry
a nerve that carries impulses toward the CNS

Question 23

efferent nerve

Answer 23

ef/ferent nerve
away/carry
a nerve that carries impulses away from the CNS

Question 24

neurogenic

Answer 24

neuro/gen/ic
nerve/creation/pertaining to
originating form/created by nerves

Question 25

psychogenic

Answer 25

psycho/gen/ic
mind/creation/pertaining to
originating in/created by the mind

Question 26

psychologist

Answer 26

psycho/logist
mind/specialist
dr. who specializes in the study of the mind

Question 27

psychiatrist

Answer 27

psych/iatrist
mind/specialist
dr. who specializes in the treatment of the mind

Question 28

psychosomatic

Answer 28

psycho/somat/ic
mind/body/pertaining to
pertaining to the relationship between the body and the mind

Question 29

interictal

Answer 29

inter/ictal
between/seizure
time between seizures

Question 30

postictal

Answer 30

post/ictal
after/seizure
time after a seizure

Question 31

preictal

Answer 31

pre/ictal
before/seizure
time before a seizure

Question 32

tonic

Answer 32

ton/ic
muscle/pertaining to
pertaining to muscle tone
(normally weak or unresponsive)

Question 33

clonus

Answer 33

muscle spasm or twitching

Question 34

tonic-clonic seizure

Answer 34

ton/ic clon/ic
muscle/pertaining to
spasm/pertaining to
a seizure characterized by both a tonic and clonic phase