Quiz Flashcards
Neuralgia
Pain in nerve
Neuritis
Inflammation in nerve
Neuroma
A tumor made up of cells
Poliomyelitis
Virally caused disease that attacks gray matter of the spinal cord
Subdural hematoma
Accumulation of blood in the subdural space
CAT or CT
Use of radiologic imaging that produces images of slices of the body
Echoencephalogram
A process of recording brain sutures by use of sound recorded on a graph
Electroencephalogram
The tracing or recording of the electric impulses of the brain
Magnetic resonance (MRI)
A noninvasive nuclear-medicine procedure for imaging tissues that cannot be seen by other radiologic techniques
Myelogram
X ray of the spinal cord, injected dye is used as the contrast medium
Pneumoencephalogram
X ray of the ventrals in the brain, air is used as the contrast medium
Spinalnpuncture
The removal of cerebrospinal fluid