Chapter 5 - The Nervous System - Neurology and Psychiatry

The suffixes that relate to paralysis are:

-paresis, -plegia

Lou Gehrig's disease is:

ALS

Which type of anesthesia is applied in the dural region of the spinal cord?

Epidural

Which type of anesthesia is injected into a nerve causing a sensation over a particular area?

Regional

Match each term with its definition.

acrophobia = fear of heights agoraphobia = fear of outdoor spaces hydrophobia = fear of water kleptomania = desire to steal photophobia = excessive sensitivity to light pyromania = desire to set fire

Nerves that carry impulses toward the CNS are:

afferent, sensory

A drug that relieves pain is:

analgesic

Match each term with its definition.

aphasia = inability to speak ataxia = lack of coordination catatonia = condition characterized by reduced muscle tone delirium = brief loss of mental function dementia = loss/decline in mental function dyslexia = difficulty reading

A psychiatric disorder characterized by withdrawl from communication with others is:

autism

A condition characterized by reduced muscle tone is:

catatonia

The two parts of the nervous system are the:

central nervous system, peripheral nervous system

Match each term with its definition.

cephalagia = head pain encephalagia = brain pain neuralgia = nerve pain hemiplegia = paralysis of half the body hemiparesis = partial paralysis of half the body

Which of the following terms relate to the cerebellum?

cerebellar, cerebellitis

Which of the following roots mean brain?

cerebr/o, encephal/o

The root tax/o means:

coordination, arrangement, order

Match each term with its definition.

dysphasia = difficulty speaking dyskinesia = difficulty moving dystonia = condition characterized by involuntary muscle movements insomnia = inability to sleep myoclonus = muscle twitching myospasm = involuntary muscle contraction

A procedure used to examine the brain using sound waves is:

echoencephalography

Nerves that carry impulses away from the CNS are:

efferent, motor

Match each term with its definition.

encephalocele = hernia of the brain hematoma = a tumor-like mass made up of blood cranial hematoma = a hematoma beneath the skull epidural hematoma = a hematoma located on top of the dura intracerebral hematoma = a hematoma located inside the brain subdural hematoma = a hematoma located beneath the dura

A procedure for studying the brain is:

encephalography

The definition of the root cephal/o is:

head

Abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid in the brain is:

hydrocephaly

The time between seizures is:

interictal

The definition of phren/o is:

mind

Defective formation of the spinal cord is:

myelodysplasia

Involuntary back and forth eye movement is:

nystagmus

The root for sleep is:

somn/o, hypn/o

The meaning of the root myel/o is:

spinal cord, bone marrow