FREE ANATOMY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MED TERM

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FREE ANATOMY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MED TERM

NERVOUS SYS EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: neurorrhaphy

Answer:

suturing of the ends of a severed nerve

Question 2: electroencephalography

Answer:

process of recording electrical activity of the brain through electrodes attached to the scalp

Question 3: Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer:

Mono, muscle weakness, autoimmune disorder

Question 4: Alzheimer's disease

Answer:

group of disorders involving parts of brain that control thought, memory, and language.

Question 5: shaken baby syndrome

Answer:

child being violently shaken, can cause brain injury, blindness, fractures, seizures, paralysis, and death

Question 6: hallucination

Answer:

a sense perception that has no basis in external stimulation

Question 7: -esthesia

Answer:

sensation

Question 8: encephalocele

Answer:

congenital gap in the skull with herniation of the brain matter.

Question 9: dura mater

Answer:

thick outermost membrane of the meninges

Question 10: hypothalamus

Answer:

below thalamus, controls vital bodily functions, emotional responses, body temp, hunger, thirst, sleep cycles, endocrine glands

Question 11: -tropic

Answer:

turning

Question 12: delusion

Answer:

false personal belief that is maintained despite obvious proof to the contrary

Question 13: meningocele

Answer:

congenital herniation of the meninges through the skull or spinal column.

Question 14: hydrocephalus

Answer:

excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles of the brain

Question 15: apathy

Answer:

Indifference and reduced level of activity

Question 16: brainstem

Answer:

base of the brain(midbrain, pons, medulla) controls functions for survival (breathing, digestion, heart rate, blood pressure, and being awake and alert)

Question 17: myelography

Answer:

radiographic study of the spinal cord w/ injection of a contrast medium

Question 18: multiple sclerosis

Answer:

progressive autoimmune disorder, demyalination of nerve fibers of the brain and spinal cord

Question 19: anesthetic

Answer:

medication used to produce anesthesia

Question 20: myelitis

Answer:

inflammation of the spinal cord

Question 21: autism

Answer:

disorder in which a young child doesn't develop normal relationships, impulsive and ritualistic, poor communication skills

Question 22: anesthetist

Answer:

NON Physician that specializes in administering anesthesia, example nurse anesthetist

Question 23: causalgia

Answer:

burning pain after injury to a nerve

Question 24: epidural anesthesia

Answer:

regional anesthesia from injecting a local anesthetic in to the epidural space of the lumbar or sacral region of the spine.

Question 25: meninges

Answer:

system of membranes that enclose the brain, dura mater, arachnoid membrane, pia mater

Question 26: mening/o

Answer:

membranes or meninges

Question 27: Parkinson's disease

Answer:

chronic, degenerative CNS disorder, fine muscle tremors, rigidity, slow shuffling gait.

Question 28: neurotransmitters

Answer:

chemicals messengers from nerve cells that makes it possible for nerve impulse to jump from one neuron to another over the synapse