Volume 10 Nervous System Medical
Terminology
What is the term for a minor form of epileptic seizure? - CORRECT ANSWER-absence
seizure
What is there
... [Show More] term for the neurotransmitter that causes skeletal muscle to contract? -
CORRECT ANSWER-acetylcholine
What is the term for the nerve that carries messages toward the brain and spinal cord
from receptors? - CORRECT ANSWER-afferent nerve
What is the term for the disease characterized by deterioration of mental capacity
(dementia) beginning in middle age; cerebral cortex atrophy, microscopic neurofibrillary
tangles? - CORRECT ANSWER-Alzheimer disease
What is the term for the condition of no sensation of pain (usually accompanied by
sedation without loss of consciousness)? - CORRECT ANSWER-analgesia
What is the term for being born with no brain? - CORRECT ANSWER-anencephaly
What is the term for the condition of no nervous sensation? - CORRECT ANSWERanesthesia
What is the term for agents that reduce or eliminate sensation? - CORRECT ANSWERanesthetics
What is the term for an inability to speak? - CORRECT ANSWER-aphasia
What is the term for the inability to carry out familiar purposeful movements (in the
absence of paralysis or sensory or motor impairment)? - CORRECT ANSWER-apraxia
What is the term for the middle layer of the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal
cord? - CORRECT ANSWER-arachnoid membrane
What is the term for the type of glial cell that transports water and salt from capillaries? -
CORRECT ANSWER-astrocyte
What is the term for having no muscular coordination (often caused by cerebellar
dysfunction)? - CORRECT ANSWER-ataxia
What is the term for having a peculiar sensation appearing before more definite
symptoms? - CORRECT ANSWER-aura
What is the term for the body system that contains nerves that control involuntary body
functions or muscles, glands, and internal organs? - CORRECT ANSWER-autonomic
nervous system
What is the term for the autonomic nerves that influence bodily functions involuntarily in
times of stress, such as speeding up heart rate and breathing, and elevating blood
pressure? - CORRECT ANSWER-sympathetic nerve
What is the term for the autonomic nerves that influence bodily functions involuntarily in
times of rest and digestion such as slowing heart rate and breathing, and stimulating
gastrointestinal muscles? - CORRECT ANSWER-parasympathetic nerve
What is the term for the microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve
cell? - CORRECT ANSWER-axon
What is the term for a common condition that causes unilateral facial paralysis? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Bell palsy
What is the term for the group of blood vessels (capillaries) that selectively let certain
substances enter brain tissue and keep others out? - CORRECT ANSWER-blood-brain
barrier (BBB)
What is the term for slowness of movement? - CORRECT ANSWER-bradykinesia
What is the term for involuntary, spasmodic movements? - CORRECT ANSWERdyskinesia
What is the term for the collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord? -
CORRECT ANSWER-cauda equina
What is the term for a burning sensation of pain? - CORRECT ANSWER-causalgia
What is the term for the part of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus? - CORRECT
ANSWER-cell body
What is the term for the body system that includes the brain and spinal cord? -
CORRECT ANSWER-central nervous system (CNS)
What is the term for a headache (head pain)? - CORRECT ANSWER-cephalgia
What is the term for "without movement"? - CORRECT ANSWER-akinetic
What are the three major regions of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cerebrum,
cerebellum, brain stem
What is the largest part of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cerebrum
What is the term for the posterior part of the brain responsible for coordinating muscle
movements and maintaining balance? - CORRECT ANSWER-cerebellum
What is the term for the lower portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the
spinal cord? - CORRECT ANSWER-brainstem
What are the three regions of the brainstem? - CORRECT ANSWER-Midbrain, pons,
and medulla oblongata
What is the term for the upper part of the brain stem? - CORRECT ANSWER-midbrain
What is the term for the middle part of the brain stem, which is anterior to the
cerebellum and between the medulla and the midbrain? - CORRECT ANSWER-pons
What is the term for the lower part of the brain stem, which controls breathing,
heartbeat, and the size of blood vessels? - CORRECT ANSWER-medulla oblongata
What is the term for an X-ray record of blood vessels within the brain? - CORRECT
ANSWER-cerebral angiography
What is the term for the outer region of the cerebrum; contains sheets of nerves? -
CORRECT ANSWER-cerebral cortex
What is the term for breakage of a blood vessel within the brain? - CORRECT
ANSWER-cerebral hemorrhage
What is the term for paralysis and loss of muscular
coordination caused by brain damage in the perinatal period? - CORRECT ANSWERcerebral palsy
What is the term for fluid that circulates throughout the brain and spinal cord and is
located within the ventricles of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWER-cerebrospinal fluid
What is the term for the condition caused by either a cerebral aneurysm, thrombosis, or
hemorrhage? - CORRECT ANSWER-CVA (cerebrovascular accident; stroke)
What is the term for being in a state of coma (profound unconsciousness from which
one cannot be roused; may be due to trauma, disease, or action of ingested toxic
substance)? - CORRECT ANSWER-comatose
What is the term for the twelve pairs of nerves that carry messages to and from the
brain? - CORRECT ANSWER-cranial nerves
What is the term for mental decline and deterioration? - CORRECT ANSWER-dementia [Show Less]