Other Terms (Exam Two)

Question 0

This is the loss of SENSORY ability.

Answer 0

Anesthesia

Question 1

This is the loss of MOTOR ability.

Answer 1

Paralysis

Question 2

This is the DISTORTION OF SENSORY ABILITY accompanied by TINGLING and BURNING sensations.

Answer 2

Paresthesia

Question 3

This is the loss of ability to walk in a skilled manner due to DESTRUCTION of GRACILIS and CUNATE tracts (SENSORY PROBLEM).

Answer 3

Locomotor Ataxia

Question 4

This DISEASE destroys motor ability and DAMAGES the VENTRAL HORN in the spinal cord.

Answer 4

Polio

Question 5

This is a DISEASE of the LATERAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACT which DESTROYS VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT.

Answer 5

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

Question 6

This is a DEMYELINATING DISEASE involving several sensory and motor tracts.

Answer 6

Multiple Sclerosis

Question 7

This VIRUS is in the LATERAL HORN and causes INFLAMMATION OF the DORSAL ROOT of the nerve. It travels from the dorsal root into the lateral horn. Characterized by TENDER SKIN and SKIN ERUPTIONS.

Answer 7

Shingles

Question 8

This is a NEURODEGENERATIVE disorder characterized by profound PERSONALITY CHANGES and INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT including MEMORY LOSS.

Answer 8

Alzheimer’s Disease

Question 9

This is a DISEASE characterized by MUSCLE TREMORS at rest due to DOPAMINE DEFICIENCY in the BASIL GANGLIA.

Answer 9

Parkinson’s Disease

Question 10

Alzheimer’s Disease affects the __________ and the __________.

Answer 10

Frontal Cortex

Hippocampus

Question 11

Plaques are formed _________ of the cell and are made of __________.

Answer 11

Outside

Betamyloid

Question 12

Tau are formed ___________ of the cell and results in ___________.

Answer 12

Inside

Tangles

Question 13

This is an ABNORMAL proliferation of GLIAL CELLS and MENINGES.

Answer 13

Tumor

Question 14

This is a BLOCKAGE of flow of CEREBROSPINAL FLUID.

Answer 14

Hydrocephalus

Question 15

This is a DISTURBANCE in the SHAPE and TONE of MUSCLE.

Answer 15

Dystrophy

Question 16

This is PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE WEAKNESS caused when LYMPHOCYTES ATTACK receptors on MUSCLE CELLS at the neuromuscular junction.

Answer 16

Myasthenia Gravis

Question 17

Shingles is in the __________ and causes INFLAMMATION OF the __________ of the nerve.

Answer 17

Lateral Horn

Dorsal Root

Question 18

Shingles travels FROM the ________ INTO the ________.

Answer 18

Dorsal Root

Lateral Horn

Question 19

Degeneration of neurons that contain DOPAMINE and link substantia nigra to basal ganglia leads to ______________, characterized by TREMORS AT REST.

Answer 19

Parkinson’s Disease