Medical terminology, ch.13, exam game review
A congenital increase in cerebrospinal fluid in the brain is termed
Hydrocephalus
Paralysis of one limb is known as
Monoplegia
The abbreviation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is
ALS
The most common form of pain management is the use of
Analgesics
A term that means a condition without feeling is
Anesthesia
When a person under stress experiences psychological tension restlessness and tachycardia that person has
Anxiety disorder
The condition of without speaking is known as
Aphasia
Paralysis of the facial muscles on one side due to damage of the seventh cranial nerve is known as
Bells plasy
The suffix -algia means
Condition of pain
The suffix -pathy menas
Disease
A reading disorder in which numbers and letters are sometimes reversed is known as
Dyslexia
ADHD is a neurological disorder marked by a short attention span and poor concentration without hyper activity true or false
False
The combining form cephal/o menas
Head
The suffix -lysis means
Loosen or dissolve
A symptom of cerebellitis is
Loss of coordiniation
Which procedure uses magnetic energy to record an image of soft tissue
MRI
A sleep disorder characterized by sudden attacks of sleep is known as
Narcolepsy
Surgical removal of a nerve is known as
Neurectomy
Surgical repair of a nerve is known as
Neuroplasty
A chronic degenerative brain disease characterized by tremors and shuffling gait is
Parkinson's disease
A physical disorder with a psychological component is called a ____ disorder
Psychosomatic
Polyneuralgia is pain and many nerves true or false
True
The clinical term for headaches is cephalalgia true or false
True
Computed tomography is a procedure that
Uses a computer to make a three dimensional view of a body organs
A brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures is
epilepsy
The combining form gnos/o means
knowledge
Psychology is the study of the
mind
Neuralgia means
nerve pain
Inflammation of a nerve is called
neuritis
The combining form later/o means
side
