MED TERM CH 11 QUIZ STUDY GUIDE
The cerebrum is superior to the spinal cord. This means the cerebrum is located:
Above the spinal cord
What condition results in memory loss, mental deterioration and decline in social skills and physical functioning?
Alzheimer disease
A patient who experiences seizures is treated with a(n):
Anticonvulsant
What pharmacological agents are used to prevent or control seizures?
Anticonvulsants
What is the medical term that means inability to speak?
Aphasia
What is the medical term that refers to a facial paralyses resulting from inflammation of a facial nerve?
Bell Palsy
Which sign is characteristic of Huntington chorea? (Diplopia, Bizzare dancelike movements, Acromegaly, Paralysis, Exophthalmia)
Bizarre dance-like movements
The central nervous system is composed of the:
Brain and spinal cord
Another term for stroke is
Cerebrovascular accident
Which procedure is a surgical repair of the skull?
Cranioplasty
What is the general term that refers to cognitive deficit, including memory impairment?
Dementia
A therapeutic procedure to treat chronic pain is known as: (Crainotomy, thalamotomy, lumba puncture, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, trphenation)
Dysphasia
Build a word that means process of recording the electrical activity of the brain:
Electroencephalography
Build a medical word that means inflammation of the brain:
Encephalitis
Build a medical word that means tumor composed of brain (tissue)
Encephaloma
Which of the following is an instrument to measure the cranium?
Encephalometer
Symptoms of chronic, recurring seizures are characteristic of:
Epilepsy
What inherited central nervous system disease results in uncontrollable bizzare movements, emotional disturbances, and mental deterioration? (Bell palsy, Alzheimer disease, Huntington chorea, Parkinson disease, MS)
Huntington chorea
Cranial enlargement caused by accumulation of fluid within the ventricles of the brain is:
Hydrocephalus
What is the progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that causes weakness and other muscular symptoms?
Multiple sclerosis
Use myel/o (bone marrow, spinal cord) to build a word that means hernia(tion) of the spinal cord
Myelocele
What medical term best describes pain from nerve compression?
Neuroglia
Which procedure involves destruction of nervous tissue? (Neurodynia, Neuralgia, Neurolysis, Neurotomy, Neurectomy)
Neurolysis
Build a word that means tumor composed of nerves, nervous tissue:
Neuroma
Chemicals that facilitate movement of impulses at synapses are called: (opiates, analgesics, sedatives, hypnotics, neurotransmitters)
Neurotransmitters
The term that describes a partial paralysis or weakness in one half of the body is:
Palsy
Brain lesions associated with Alzheimer disease are called: (Ulcerations, scales, tumors, perforations, plaques)
Plaques
build a word meaning abnormal condition of the mind, mental disorders:
Psychosis
Build a word that means paralysis of four (limbs)
Quadriplegia
Paralysis of all extremities is known as:
Quadriplegia
What is severe pain in the leg along the course of the sciatic nerve called?
Sciatica
What is the term that describes an eruption of vesicles following the course of a nerve caused by herpes zoster virus?
Shingles
Identify the term that describes a congenital defect characterized by incomplete closure of the spinal canal:
Spina bifida
What is the medical abbreviation for a ministroke? (CVD, TIA, CVA, MS, S1)
TIA