Test 4
stroke
CVA is an abbreviation used to mean:
disorders of the nervous system.
A neurologist is a physician who specializes in:
aggravate.
The term exacerbate means to:
weakness of one side of the body.
The term hemiparesis means:
a single peripheral nerve.
The term mononeuropathy means any disorder of:
hemi
The word element that means half is:
myo
The word element that means muscle is:
neuro.
The word element that means nerve is:
pleg.
The word element that means paralysis is:
exacerbation.
The word remission is the opposite of:
fever
What triggers a "febrile" seizure in infants and toddlers?
Lumbar puncture
Which of the following is a procedure used to remove CSF?
Electroencephalography
Which of the following procedures records electrical impulses of the brain to measure brain activity?
Hemiparesis
Which of the following terms means weakness on one side of the body?
osis
Which of the following word elements means an abnormal condition?
Epilepsy
Which of the following words is derived from the Greek element meaning seizure?
Posterior
Which of these is not a region of the spinal cord?
Three
How many layers of meninges are there?
glue.
In the word neuroglia, -glia means:
cerebrospinal fluid.
The abbreviation CSF stands for:
Brain and spinal cord
The CNS consists of which of the following?
spinal cord injury.
The abbreviation SCI means:
loss of consciousness.
The meaning of LOC is:
obsessive compulsive disorder.
The meaning of OCD is:
aneurysm.
The medical term for a dilation or ballooning of an artery or cardiac chamber is:
auto
The prefix that means self is:
myelin.
The proper spelling for the term that means fatty white material found around a nerve axon is:
TIA
What is the correct abbreviation for a small, short-term stroke?
meningitis.
_The term that is used to describe an inflammation of the meninges is called: