Medical Terminology Chapter 10

A sedative is administered to prevent the seizures associated with epilepsy.

False

An excessive fear of heights is

acrophobia

A physician who specializes in administering anesthetic agents is an

anesthesiologist

The intense fear of gaining weight associated with voluntary starvation is known as

anorexia nervosa

A/An _____________ drug is administered to treat symptoms of severe disorders of thinking and mood that are associated with neurological and psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, mania, and delusional disorders.

antipsychotic

The mental conditions characterized by excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations or fear that is out of proportion to the real danger in a situation are known as

anxiety disorders

A/an _______ drug is also known as a tranquilizer.

anxiolytic

A ____________ __________ is the bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury.

cerebral contusion

The medical term meaning an abnormal fear of being in small or enclosed spaces is

claustrophobia

A ________ is a profound state of unconsciousness marked by the absence of spontaneous eye movements, no response to painful stimuli, and the lack of speech.

coma

shaken together

concuss/o

bruise

contus/o

The acute condition that is characterized by confusion, disorientation, disordered thinking and memory, agitation, and hallucinations is known as

delerium

The medical term for the condition also known as a developmental reading disorder is

dyslexia

brain

encephal/o

feeling

esthet/o

A patient in a persistent vegetative state sleeps through the night and is awake and conscious during the day.

false

A/An_______ is a sensory perception that has no basis in external stimulation.

hallucination

brain covering

mening/o

spinal cord

myel/o

The term meaning inflammation of the spinal cord is ___________. This term also means inflammation of bone marrow.

myelitis

A low-grade, chronic depression with symptoms that are milder than those of severe depression but are present on a majority of days for two or more years is known as

persistent depressive disorder

mind

psych/o

nerve root

radicul/o

The condition known as__________ _________ is characterized by severe, lightning-like pain due to an inflammation of the fifth cranial nerve.

trigeminal neuralgia

A hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks.

true

A psychotropic drug acts primarily on the central nervous system where it produces temporary changes affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior.

true

An absence seizure is a brief disturbance in brain function in which there is a loss of awareness.

true

sensation, feeling

-esthesia

process of producing a picture

-graphy