MED TERM CH 11 QUIZ STUDY GUIDE

The cerebrum is superior to the spinal cord. This means the cerebrum is located:

Above the spinal cord

What condition results in memory loss, mental deterioration and decline in social skills and physical functioning?

Alzheimer disease

A patient who experiences seizures is treated with a(n):

Anticonvulsant

What pharmacological agents are used to prevent or control seizures?

Anticonvulsants

What is the medical term that means inability to speak?

Aphasia

What is the medical term that refers to a facial paralyses resulting from inflammation of a facial nerve?

Bell Palsy

Which sign is characteristic of Huntington chorea? (Diplopia, Bizzare dancelike movements, Acromegaly, Paralysis, Exophthalmia)

Bizarre dance-like movements

The central nervous system is composed of the:

Brain and spinal cord

Another term for stroke is

Cerebrovascular accident

Which procedure is a surgical repair of the skull?

Cranioplasty

What is the general term that refers to cognitive deficit, including memory impairment?

Dementia

A therapeutic procedure to treat chronic pain is known as: (Crainotomy, thalamotomy, lumba puncture, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, trphenation)

Dysphasia

Build a word that means process of recording the electrical activity of the brain:

Electroencephalography

Build a medical word that means inflammation of the brain:

Encephalitis

Build a medical word that means tumor composed of brain (tissue)

Encephaloma

Which of the following is an instrument to measure the cranium?

Encephalometer

Symptoms of chronic, recurring seizures are characteristic of:

Epilepsy

What inherited central nervous system disease results in uncontrollable bizzare movements, emotional disturbances, and mental deterioration? (Bell palsy, Alzheimer disease, Huntington chorea, Parkinson disease, MS)

Huntington chorea

Cranial enlargement caused by accumulation of fluid within the ventricles of the brain is:

Hydrocephalus

What is the progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that causes weakness and other muscular symptoms?

Multiple sclerosis

Use myel/o (bone marrow, spinal cord) to build a word that means hernia(tion) of the spinal cord

Myelocele

What medical term best describes pain from nerve compression?

Neuroglia

Which procedure involves destruction of nervous tissue? (Neurodynia, Neuralgia, Neurolysis, Neurotomy, Neurectomy)

Neurolysis

Build a word that means tumor composed of nerves, nervous tissue:

Neuroma

Chemicals that facilitate movement of impulses at synapses are called: (opiates, analgesics, sedatives, hypnotics, neurotransmitters)

Neurotransmitters

The term that describes a partial paralysis or weakness in one half of the body is:

Palsy

Brain lesions associated with Alzheimer disease are called: (Ulcerations, scales, tumors, perforations, plaques)

Plaques

build a word meaning abnormal condition of the mind, mental disorders:

Psychosis

Build a word that means paralysis of four (limbs)

Quadriplegia

Paralysis of all extremities is known as:

Quadriplegia

What is severe pain in the leg along the course of the sciatic nerve called?

Sciatica

What is the term that describes an eruption of vesicles following the course of a nerve caused by herpes zoster virus?

Shingles

Identify the term that describes a congenital defect characterized by incomplete closure of the spinal canal:

Spina bifida

What is the medical abbreviation for a ministroke? (CVD, TIA, CVA, MS, S1)

TIA