treatments and therapies nervous and endocrine systems

Question 1

anesthetic

Answer 1

an/esthetic
not/sensation
a drug that causes loss of sensation

Question 2

general anesthetic

Answer 2

anesthetic that causes complete loss of consciousness

Question 3

local anesthetic

Answer 3

anesthetic that does not affect consciousness

Question 4

regional anesthetic

Answer 4

anesthetic that is injected into a nerve causing loss of sensation

Question 5

topical anesthetic

Answer 5

local anesthesia applied to the surface of the area to be anesthetized

Question 6

epidural anesthetic

Answer 6

anesthetic applied in the duran region of the spinal cord

Question 7

analgesic

Answer 7

an/alge/sic
not/pain/agent
a drug that relieves pain

Question 8

anticonvulsant

Answer 8

anti/convuls/ant
against/convulsion/agent
a drug that opposes convulsions

Question 9

anxiolytic

Answer 9

anxio/lytic
anxiety/breakdown agent
a drug that lessens anxiety

Question 10

psychotropic

Answer 10

psycho/trop/ic
mind/turn/agent
drugs that are able to turn the mind

Question 11

thrombo means what?
thrombolytic

Answer 11

clot
a drug that dissolves clots

Question 12

cranio vs cerebro?

Answer 12

cranio means skull
cerebro means brain

Question 13

neurolysis

Answer 13

destruction of nerve tissue
neuro/lysis
nerve/loose

Question 14

neurorrhapy

Answer 14

suturing of a nerve (often the severed ends of a nerve)

Question 15

LOC

Answer 15

level of consciousness

Question 16

PNS

Answer 16

peripheral nervous system

Question 17

EEG

Answer 17

electroencephalogram