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