Ch.13/14 Quizzes

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The suffix that means paralysis is ________.

-plegia

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:

CVA

This test uses magnetism to image the brain and other soft tissues in the body.

MRI

This is a chronic disease characterized by uncontrollable tremors.

Parkinson disease

A chronic degenerative disease of the brain indicated by hand tremors, rigidity, and shuffling gait is known as:

Parkinson disease; the cause of this disease is not yet known... It is also called parkinsonism.

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

afferent

para-

alongside or abnormal

ADHD is the abbreviation for ________. (4 words)

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

This disease is characterized by alternating mania (excessively high energy) and depression (excessively low energy).

bipolar disease

cerebr/o

brain

encephal/o

brain

The nervous system has 3 organs...?

brain, spinal cord, and nerves

erebrum is the Latin word for "the brain," the Latin word for "the small brain" is _____________. (1 word)

cerebellum

Encephal/o is the combining form meaning "brain" that derives from Greek, the combining form with the same meaning that derives from Latin is _________.

cerebr/o

The dilation of a blood vessel supplying the brain is known as:

cerebral aneurysm

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

cerebrovascular accident

CVA stands for?

cerebrovascular accident.

ganglia

cluster of neurocells

CT is the abbreviation for ________. (2 words)

computed tomography

-osis

condition of

scler/osis

condition of hard

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

convulsion/seizure

An impairment of mental function that is characterized by memory loss, disorientation, and confusion is known as ________. It is often associated with Alzheimer disease.

dementia

The medical term for a reading handicap where some letters and numbers are reversed by the brain is ________.

dyslexia

EEG is the abbreviation for ________. (1 word)

electroencephalography

Provide the term based on the brief definition. process of recording the electric activity of the brain

electroencephalography

A combining form that means brain is ________ or cerebr/o.

encephal/o

A brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures is known as ________.

epilepsy

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

epilepsy

The meaning of syncope is ________.

fainting/to faint

Alzheimer's disease is a chronic degenerative disease of the brain characterized by tremors.

false

CVA is the abbreviation for cardiovascular accident.

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.

false

The ancient physicians distinguished between nerves and blood vessels.

false

The combining form my/o derives from Greek and it means "bone marrow."

false

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

false

The nerves are the only organ of the nervous system.

false

The term cranium derives from Greek and it means "head."

false

-phobia

fear

substantia grisea

grey matter

dur/o

hard

The correct meaning of the root in the term cephalalgia is:

head

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

hemiplegia

gnos/o

knowledge

MRI stands for?

magnetic resonance imaging

Define the following combining forms. Mening/o

membrane

The combining form mening/i or mening/o derives from Greek and means _____________. (1 word)

membrane

Select all three parts of the brain stem

midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

phren/o

mind

psych/o

mind

This disease is caused by deterioration of the myelin sheath covering the axons within the brain.

multiple sclerosis

A patient suffers from a disease that causes sudden, uncontrollable episodes of sleep. The name of this disease is ________.

narcolepsy

The correct meaning of the word root in the term neuroma is:

nerve

neur/o

nerve

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

nervous

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

neurologist

-plegia

paralysis

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

paresthesia

An abnormal, irrational fear is called a ________.

phobia

Select the combining form that means mind.

psych/o

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

psychiatrist

Provide the term based on the brief definition. 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:

psychosis

The medical term for being paralyzed from the neck down is:

quadriplegia

neuron

rope

This disease is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and a general loss of contact with reality

schizophrenia

Which term is spelled correctly?

seizure

In the term anesthesiologist, the combining form means

sensation

esthesi

sensation

esthesi/o

sensation

crani/o

skull

crani/o

skull or cranium

The combining form phasi/o means to ________.

speak

myel/o

spinal cord

schiz/o/phren/ia

split mind

The medical term for temporary loss of consciousness (fainting) is:

syncope

occipital lobe

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

frontal lobe

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

parietal lobe

the portion of the brain which is on the inside wall between the two hemispheres

temporal lobe

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

neuron

the smallest cellular unit in the nerve

schiz/o

to divide

The combining form schiz/o means:

to divide, split

phasi/o

to speak

synapse

touching/connecting

dendrite

tree

A convulsion is a sign of a neurological disorder and is also called seizure.

true

Bell palsy occurs when the facial muscles are paralyzed on one side.

true

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

true

The combining form phasi/o means "to speak," and the prefix a- means "without or absence of."

true

The medical term epilepsy derives from Greek and means "snatched from above."

true

The medical term for headache is cephalalgia.

true

-oma

tumor

axon

vessel of communication

substantia alba

white matter


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