[5] 13 practice quiz

This disease is characterized by short attention span, poor attention, and hyperactivity. PD ADHD CVA MS

ADHD

Efferent signals carry information from the brain to the body, _______ signals carry information from the body to the brain.

Afferent

A patient presents to the Emergency Department complaining of numbness and weakness on his left side. The doctor believes this patient is experiencing a stroke (irreversible death of brain cells due to cut off blood supply to the brain). The correct abbreviation for this medical condition is: MRI CP CAT CVA

CVA

The patient has been admitted with a CVA. The health care provider realizes that this is the acronym for ________. (2 words)

Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)

CT is the abbreviation for ________. (2 words)

Computed tomography

CVA is the abbreviation for cardiovascular accident. True False

False

This is a chronic disease characterized by uncontrollable tremors. Alzheimer disease multiple sclerosis schizophrenia Parkinson disease

Parkinson disease

A chronic degenerative disease of the brain indicated by hand tremors, rigidity, and shuffling gait is known as: multiple sclerosis amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Parkinson disease Alzheimer disease

Parkinson disease (PD)

The neurologist studies the nervous system, while the __________ studies the mind. (1 word)

Psychologist

The patient is scheduled for a rhizotomy or radicotomy to help with chronic pain. The patient should be prepared for an incision into a nerve root. True False

True

The physician has prescribed a medication to relieve the patient's pain. The nurse should prepare to give a(n): myelogram analgesic sedative anesthetic

analgesic

pertaining to a lack of sensation

anesthesia

The stroke victim is unable to speak. The health care provider would chart this as ________.

aphasia

ADHD is the abbreviation for ________. (4 words)

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

There are three kinds of cortex in the body: renal, adrenal, and ________. (1 word)

cerebral

The dilation of a blood vessel supplying the brain is known as: cerebral embolism cerebral thrombosis cerebral atherosclerosis cerebral aneurysm

cerebral aneurysm

ganglia

cluster of neurocells

An injury to the soft tissue of the brain resulting from a blow or violent shaking that results in altered mental function is called a: meningocele neuroma myelogram concussion

concussion

A ________ is a series of involuntary muscular spasms caused by uncoordinated excitation of neurons that triggers muscle contraction.

convulsion or seizure

Afferent signals carry information from the body to the brain, __________ signals carry information from the brain to the body.

efferent

EEG is the abbreviation for ________. (1 word)

electroencephalography

Cerebr/o is the combining form which means "brain" that derives from Latin, the combining form with the same meaning that derives from Greek is ___________.

encephal/o

The modern medical term for what the ancients called "the sacred disease" is _____________. (1 word)

epilepsy

The meaning of syncope is ________.

fainting or to faint

A general term describing several levels of decreased consciousness is agnosia. True False

false

Increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain ventricles of a child before the cranial sutures have sealed, causing enlargement of the cranium, is known as meningomyelocele. True False

false

The ancient physicians distinguished between nerves and blood vessels. True False

false

The combining form psych/o means "study. T or F

false

The medical term syncope derives from Greek and means "snatched from above." True False

false

The nerves are the only organ of the nervous system.

false

The medical term epidural means "numbing the inner layer of the spinal cord." True False

false epidural means "numbing the outer layer, the dura mater, of the spinal cord."

C.the portion of the brain which is on the front of the hemisphere

frontal lobe

substantia grisea

grey matter

The patient has paralysis on one side of the body. The chart would show that the patient has: hemiplegia quadriplegia paraplegia palsy

hemiplegia

The definition of myelitis is: inflammation of a nerve inflammation of the brain inflammation of the spinal nerve roots inflammation of the spinal cord

inflammation of the spinal cord

Select all three parts of the brain stem midbrain thalamus pons hypothalamus medulla oblongata pineal gland

midbrain pons medulla oblongata

The correct meaning of the word root in the term neuroma is: nerve tumor condition eye

nerve

The "ropes and cords" system of the body is called the ___________ system. (1 word)

nervous

The combining form nevr/o derives from Latin and means "nerve." The combining form with the same meaning but deriving from Greek is _______.

neur/o

nerve pain

neuralgia

The medical term for a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system is a ________.

neurologist

the smallest cellular unit in the nerve

neuron

D.the portion of the brain which is on the back of the hemisphere

occipital lobe

The medical term for paralysis of both legs is: quadriplegia monoplegia hemiplegia paraplegia

paraplegia

An abnormal sensation of numbness and tingling caused by an injury to a nerve is known as: paresthesia neurasthenia neuralgia hyperesthesia

paresthesia

B.the portion of the brain which is on the inside wall between the two hemispheres - latin for wall

parietal lobe

An abnormal, irrational fear is called a ________.

phobia

Three combining forms mean "mind": ment/o, phren/o, and ________.

psych/o

The medical term for a physician specializing in mental health is ________.

psychiatrist

study of the mind

psychology

An incapacitating mental disorder indicated by a gross distortion of emotions, and an inability to recognize reality and relate to others, and to cope with ordinary demands of daily life, is known as: dementia psychosis neurosis psychosomatic

psychosis

This disease is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and a general loss of contact with reality. Parkinson disease Ménière disease schizophrenia anxiety disorder

schizophrenia

In the term anesthesiologist, the combining form means pain pleasure sensation nerve

sensation

The combining form phasi/o means to ________.

speak

A.the portion of the brain which is on the side of the hemispheres

temporal lobe

The combining form schiz/o means: to divide, split brain fear mind

to divide, split

The combining form myel/o derives from Greek and it means "bone marrow." True False

true

The combining form neur/o means "nerve," and the suffix -logy means "study of" or "science of." True False

true

The term surgeon derives from Greek through French and means someone who "works with one's hands." True False

true

substantia alba

white matter