Week 9

Question 1

electroencephalogram (EEG)

Answer 1

record of the electrical activity of the brain

Question 2

epilepsy

Answer 2

chronic brain disorder due to paroxysmal excessive neuronal discharges

Question 3

autonomic

Answer 3

self-governing visceral motor division of the peripheral nervous system

Question 4

neurotransmitter

Answer 4

chemical agent that relays messages from one nerve cell to the next

Question 5

parasympathetic

Answer 5

division of the autonomic nervous system, has opposite effects to the sympathetic division

Question 6

somatic

Answer 6

a division of the peripheral nervous system serving the skeletal muscles

Question 7

sympathetic

Answer 7

division of the autonomic nervous system operating at an unconscious level

Question 8

synapse

Answer 8

junction between two nerve cells, or a nerve fiber and its target cell, where electrical impulses are transmitted between the cells

Question 9

visceral

Answer 9

pertaining to the internal organs

Question 10

cerebellum

Answer 10

the most posterior area of the brain located between the midbrain and the cerebral hemispheres

Question 11

cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

Answer 11

fluid formed in the ventricles of the brain, surrounds the brain and spinal cord

Question 12

cerebrum

Answer 12

cerebral hemispheres

Question 13

corpus callosum

Answer 13

bridge of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres

Question 14

frontal lobe

Answer 14

front area of the cerebral hemisphere

Question 15

gyrus

Answer 15

rounded elevation on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres

Question 16

hypothalamus

Answer 16

an endocrine gland in the floor and wall of the third ventricle of the brain

Question 17

occipital lobe

Answer 17

posterior area of the cerebral hemisphere

Question 18

parietal lobe

Answer 18

area of the brain under the parietal nerve

Question 19

sulcus

Answer 19

groove on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres that separates gyri

Question 20

temporal lobe

Answer 20

posterior 2/3s of the cerebral hemispheres

Question 21

thalamus

Answer 21

mass of gray matter under the ventricle in each cerebral hemisphere

Question 22

meningitis

Answer 22

inflammation of the meninges

Question 23

Alzheimer disease

Answer 23

common form of dementia

Question 24

cognition

Answer 24

process of acquiring knowledge thru thinking, learning, and memory

Question 25

confusion

Answer 25

mental state in which environrmental stimuli are not processed appropriately

Question 26

delirium

Answer 26

acute altered state of consciousness with agitation and disorientation

Question 27

dementia

Answer 27

chronic, progressive, irreversible loss of the mind’s cognitive and intellectual functions

Question 28

empathy

Answer 28

ability to place yourself into the feelings, emotions, and reactions of another person

Question 29

sympathy

Answer 29

appreciation and concern for another person’s mental and emotional state

Question 30

sedative

Answer 30

agent that calms nervous excitement

Question 31

senile

Answer 31

characteristic of old age

Question 32

cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

Answer 32

acute clinical event caused by impaired cerebral circulation

Question 33

narcolepsy

Answer 33

involuntary falling asleep

Question 34

postictal

Answer 34

transient neurologic deficit after a seizure

Question 35

tonic-clonic seizure

Answer 35

the body alternates between excessive muscular rigidity (tonic) and jerking muscular contractions (clonic)

Question 36

Tourette syndrome

Answer 36

disorder of multiple motor and vocal tics