Med Term Quiz 5

Translate the medical term cerebral thrombosis as literally as possible.

"Pertaining to brain - clot condition": blockage of a blood vessel in the brain caused by a blood clot

Which syllable receives the emphasis in the term neurasthenia?

3: then

A patient experiencing an abnormal sensation, usually numbness or tingling in the skin, is experiencing:

paresthesia.

Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term polyneuritis?

poly (many) + neur (nerve) + itis (inflammation) = inflammation of multiple nerves

Translate the medical term craniotomy as literally as possible.

skull incision

The widening or abnormal dilation of a blood vessel in the brain is known as a:

cerebral aneurysm.

A loss or decline in mental function is called

dementia

Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term dysphasia?

dys (bad) + phas (speech) + ia (condition) = bad speech condition (difficulty speaking)

Translate the root esthesi/o.

feeling, sensation

Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term ganglioma?

gangli (nerve bundle) + oma (tumor) = tumor of the ganglion (nerve bundles)

Which root refers to the nerve bundle?

gangli/o

Identify and define the root in the term hypnotic.

hypno - sleep

Identify the correct pronunciation for the term meningocele.

meh-NIN-goh-seel

Which root refers to the entire membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord?

mening/o, meningi/o

Which root refers to the spinal cord or bone marrow?

myel/o

Which is the correct breakdown of the medical term neuroarthropathy into its component parts?

neuro/arthro/pathy

Build a medical term that means "nerve tumor."

neuroma

Translate the medical term subdural hematoma as literally as possible.

Blood tumor located beneath the dura

Build a medical term that means "removal of a piece of the skull."

Craniectomy

Build a medical term that means "brain hernia."

Encephalocele

Translate the medical term cephalalgia as literally as possible.

Head pain

Translate the medical term lobectomy as literally as possible.

Lobe removal

Build a medical term that means "large head condition."

Macrocephaly

Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term apathy?

a (not) + path (suffering, disease) + y (condition) = without feeling or emotion

Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the medical term anesthetic?

an (not) + esthestic (feeling, sensation) = a drug that causes loss of sensation