Study Cards Test Review NOV-10 TEST Flashcards
The nervous system is divided into two parts, the peripheral nervous system
and the:
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Mia’s neurologist orders an MRI focused on her right parietal lobe.
What
organ of the nervous system is being scanned?
BRAIN (specific part of brain is the Cerebral Cortex).
The layers of tissue that surround the brain and spinal cord are called the dura mater, pia mater, and _____ layer.
ARACHNOID LAYER / ARACHNOID MATER.
I get annoyed (rhymes with Arachnoid) and need tissue to block the noise (rhymes).
When someone talks about being ‘right brained’ or ‘left brained’ to what part of the brain are they referring?
Cerebral Hemispheres
The brain and spinal cord make up the _____ system
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM or CNS
What is the name for the nerves that carry information from the body back to the brain?
CRANIAL NERVES
The part of the brain that controls sleep, emotion, appetite, and memory is called the:
HYPOTHALAMUS. H=HUNGRY. S=SLEEP. M=MEMORY. A=APPETITE.
The hungry hippo at the zoo is sleeping.
There are 31 pairs of _____ nerves in the peripheral nervous system.
SPINAL NERVES.
31 is a PRIME number. Rhymes with SPINE
In addition to relaying information between the brain and the spinal cord, the brain stem also controls:
breathing, heart rate, balance, coordination and reflexes.
^^^ all what track and cross country athletes possess. “STEM Athletes”
The hypothalamus and the thalamus both relay information to what part of the brain?
CEREBRAL CORTEX
A patient of Dr Rhodes is having trouble standing up without falling. He is also having trouble following Dr Rhodes’ instructions to raise his arm or move his foot. In what part of the brain might Dr Rhodes’ patient be having issues?
CEREBRUM. Note: It is largest part of brain. This patient may have had a stroke.
Which section of the brain is the largest?
CEREBRUM
Clay was in a car accident and suffered severe trauma to his brain. When he awoke, he reported to the nurse that he could not smell anything. What part of Clay’s cerebrum may have been injured in the accident?
TEMPORAL LOBE.
Temp rhymes with smell.
After suffering a stroke, Nashwa is having difficulty seeing objects on her right. Her neurosurgeon suspects that she might have damage to her ______ lobe.
OCCIPITAL LOBE
A tumor pressing on a person’s frontal lobe might cause:
CHANGES IN PERSONALITY/BEHAVIOR, WEAKNESS IN ONE SIDE OF BODY, LOSS OF SMELL
The brain stem is divided into three parts, the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the:
PONS: THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE BRAINSTEM COORDINATES FACIAL MOVEMENTS, HEARING AND BALANCE.
As part of the peripheral nervous system, where do the cranial nerves originate?
From the BRAIN
When something scary happens, our blood pressure rises, our heart beats faster, and we start to breathe faster. This is a reaction of the _____ nervous system.
CENTRAL
Our heart and lungs are CENTRAL to our health.
A nerve cell that is responsible for passing messages to the spinal cord and brain is called a:
NEURON
NEUtragena cream REPAIRS CELLS
What part of the nervous system tells our muscles to move?
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Note: possible better choice, if listed, would be Somatic Nervous System
If we break down the meaning of the medical terms, the word anesthesia literally means:
WITHOUT SENSATION
After a blow to the head, Paul is suffering from a clot of blood in the space between the outer layer and the middle layer of his brain tissue. This condition is called:
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
The SUBmarine is below the layer of the ocean.
The root word astro-means:
STAR. ASTRO-Naut
Aoi just delivered a beautiful baby girl. The doctors are concerned, though, and tell her that the baby seems to have cerebellar hypoplasia. Aoi understands that cerebellar refers to her daughter’s cerebrum. What does hypoplasia mean?
UNDER DEVELOPED
The hippo is UNDER the water
The PLACE is being DEVELOPED
PLASIA = PLACE
UNDER DEVELOPED
In medical terminology, what does the root word alges(o)pertain to?
PAIN
ALGEbra can be painful if you don’t study
Someone diagnosed with radiculopathy is having abnormality or pain in what area?
SPINE / BACK
Don’t ridicule people BEHIND their BACK.
RADICUL = RIDICULE
Perry’s grandmother walks with the help of a walker because she suffers from ataxia. What does this mean?
“WITHOUT COORDINATION”
One of the forms of spina bifida is a meningocele. Breaking down this term, what does it mean?
MENIN= MEMBRANE CELE = TUMOR. “MEMBRANE TUMOR”.
A meningocele is a birth defect where there is a sac protruding from the spinal column.
Sometimes a transient ischemic attack is called a mini-stroke, where blood supply isn’t getting to the brain. To understand this condition, what does the medical term ischemic mean?
LACK OF BLOOD SUPPLY, LACK OF SUPPLY, INADEQUATE, INSUFFICIENT
ISCHEMIC similar to the word INSUFFICIENT
What does the root word poli(o)pertain to?
GRAY (Color), GRAY MATTER
The POLIceman had GRAY hair.
The POLO player had GRAY boots.
The root word thec(o)pertains to:
“SHEATH” pertains to MENINGEAL SHEATH
The kind of stroke where a floating blood clot blocks blood flow to the brain is called:
EMBOLIC STROKE, a kind of ISCHEMIC STROKE.
Note: Be familiar with both terms
When bacteria or a virus infect the tissue surrounding the brain, the condition is called:
ENCEPHALITIS
A condition in which the chemicals produced by neurons in a certain part of the brain cause tremors is called:
PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Joaquin was climbing a tree and slipped. He hit his head hard on the ground. His mom noticed that he seemed confused shortly afterword and even vomited a few times.
What injury could Joaquin possibly have suffered?
CONCUSSION or a MILD TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY
Every night, Carrie experiences terrible headaches. They are so bad that she becomes nauseous and must lay in a dark room. The condition Carrie is suffering from is called:
MIGRAINE HEADACHE
An artery in the brain that begins to weaken, or balloon, is called:
ANEURYSM
Which disease used to be known by the eponym Lou Gehrig’s disease?
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS / ALS DISEASE
A virus that infects the gray matter around the spinal cord causes which condition?
ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS (AFM)
The condition that occurs as a result of brain damage during birth that affects motor function and speech development is called:
CEREBRAL PALSY
A degenerative disease that causes breakdown of the nerve impulses is called:
PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Milo’s doctor lightly runs a soft hammer along the bottom of his foot. When his foot feels the hammer, Milo’s toe moves. What is this test called?
BABINSKI REFLEX TEST / BABINSKI TEST
Owen’s doctor suspects that he is having a stroke. What test might his doctor perform to check the blood flow in Owen’s brain?
MRI, also an ULTRASOUND
Checking the function of the brain by injecting a radioactive dye and observing brain activity is called:
CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAM
Rand is experiencing acute back pain and his doctor suspects that he may have a herniated disk. What test might Rand’s doctor perform to see how fast a pulse travels through the nerve?
NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY / NERVE CONDUCTION STUDY
What procedure would a doctor use to take a sample of a person’s spinal fluid?
LUMBAR PUNCTURE / SPINAL TAP PROCEDURE
After many years of laying hardwood floors, Filip has been diagnosed with spinal stenosis. His doctor wants to surgically remove a piece of Filip’s vertebra in order to relieve some of his pain. This procedure is called a:
LAMINECTOMY
Kimberly’s neurologist suspects that she may have multiple sclerosis. In order to diagnose her, the neurologist does a lumbar puncture to collect fluid from her spine. What test would Kimberly’s neurologist perform on the sample?
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) ANALYSIS
Sometimes pain in the lower back can be resolved by injecting a mix of anesthetic. This procedure is called a:
LUMBAR EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS
Injecting contrast dye into the spinal column and taking an x-ray is called a:
MYELOGRAM
