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FREE SURGERY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MED TERM
EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Largest part of the brain
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Cerebrum
Question 2: Disorder of reading, writing, and learning
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Dyslexia
Question 3: Carries messages toward the brain and spinal cord from receptors
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Axon
Question 4: Disease of the spinal cord
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Myelopathy
Question 5: Inflammation of the spinal nerve root
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Polyneuritis
Question 6: Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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Meninges
Question 7: A network of interlacing nerve fibers in peripheral nervous system
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Plexus Question 8: Sheet of nerve cells that produces a round fold on the surface of the brain
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Gyrus
Question 9: Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord
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Cauda equina Question 10: Type of glial (neuroglial) cell that transport water and salts from capillaries
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Astrocyte
Question 11: Inability to speak
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Aphasia
Question 12: Condition of no nervous sensation
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Anesthesia
Question 13: Motor nerve that carries messages away from the brain and spinal cord
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Efferent nerve
Question 14: Neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells
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Acetylcholine Question 15: Carries messages away from the brain and spinal cord; efferent nerve
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Motor nerve Question 16: Microscopic cord-like collection of fibers that carry electrical impulses
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Nerve Question 17: Portion of the brain that controls sleep, appetite, body temperature, and secretions from the pituitary gland
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Hypothalamus
Question 18: Circulates throughout the brain and spinal cord
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Cerebrospinal fluid Question 19: Part of the brain anterior to the cerebellum and between the medulla and rest of the midbrain
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Pons
Question 20: Pertaining to muscle and nerves
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Myoneural
Question 21: Part of the brain that controls breathing, heartbeat, and the size of blood vessels
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Medulla oblongata
Question 22: Cerebral aneurysm, thrombosis, or hemorrhage can be the cause of
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Cerebrovascular accident
Question 23: A highly malignant brain tumor
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Glioblastoma Question 24: Portion of the brain just above the spinal cord; controls breathing, heartbeat, and size of blood vessels
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Medulla oblongata Question 25: Contains nerves that control involuntary body functions or muscles, glands, and internal organs
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Automatic nervous system
Question 26: Middle layer of the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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Arachnoid membrane
Question 27: Fainting
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Syncope Question 28: Lower portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord
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Afferent nerve
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