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FREE MEDICAL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 10
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Question 1: Tax/o
Answer:
Order; Coordination
Question 2: Largest part of the brain
Answer:
Cerebrum
Question 3: -kinesia, -kinesis
Answer:
Movement
Question 4: Radiculitis
Answer:
an inflammation of the root of a spinal nerve that causes pain and numbness radiating down the affected limb; also known as a pinched nerve
Question 5: Anesthesia
Answer:
The absence of normal sensation, especially sensitivity to pain, that is induced by the administration of an anesthetic
Question 6: Pia mater
Answer:
The third layer of the meninges, located nearest to the brain and spinal cord (Delicate)
Question 7: Vag/o
Answer:
Vagus nerve ( 10th cranial nerve)
Question 8: Arachnoid Membrane
Answer:
The second layer of the meninges and is located between the dura mater and the pia mater.
Question 9: Afferent Neurons
Answer:
Sensory neurons; emerge from sensory organs and the skin to carry the impulses from the sensory organs toward the brain and spinal cord
Question 10: PCA
Answer:
patient controlled anesthesia
Question 11: Dys/o
Answer:
Painful; Abnormal
Question 12: MG
Answer:
Myasthenia Gravis
Question 13: Meninges
Answer:
The system of membranes that enclose the brain and spinal cord of the CNS
Question 14: -sclerosis
Answer:
Hardening
Question 15: -tomy
Answer:
Incision or Process of cutting Question 16: Use of soundwave to detect blood flow in the carotid and intracranial arteries
Answer:
Doppler Ultrasound Studies
Question 17: -gram
Answer:
Record
Question 18: Alges/o
Answer:
Excessive sensitivity to pain
Question 19: Pont/o
Answer:
Pons Question 20: Hemiparesis is ______ (-paresis) in either the right or left half (hemi-) of the body
Answer:
Weakness
Question 21: Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the brain
Answer:
Hydrocephalus
Question 22: Hydr/o
Answer:
Water, Fluid
Question 23: occlusion
Answer:
Blockage.
Question 24: Recording of the electrical Activity of the brain
Answer:
EEG (Electroencephalogram)
Question 25: para-
Answer:
Abnormal; Near
Question 26: Sympathetic nervous system
Answer:
Prepares the body for emergencies and stress by increasing heart rate , breathing rate and blood flow to muscles
Question 27: aneurysm
Answer:
Enlarged, weakened area in an arterial wall, which may rupture, leading to hemorrhage and CVA (stroke).
Question 28: Lumbar radiculopathy
Answer:
Nerve pain in the lower back caused by muscle spasms or by the nerve root irritation from the compression of vertebral disks such as a herniated disk.