Deck 12: Nervous System and Mental Health

Question 1

The combining form that means cerebrum is ________.

Answer 1

cerebr/o

Question 2

The combining form that means nerve root is ________.

Answer 2

radicul/o

Question 3

The combining form that means cerebellum is ________.

Answer 3

cerebell/o

Question 4

The combining form that means thalamus is ________.

Question 5

The combining form that means pons is ________.

Question 6

The combining form that means head is ________.

Question 7

The combining form that means sheath (meninges)is ________.

Question 8

The combining form that means gray matter is ________.

Question 9

A combining form that means meninges is ________.

Question 10

The combining form that means medulla oblongata is ________.

Question 11

The combining form that means star is ________.

Question 12

The combining form that means brain is ________.

Question 13

A combining form that means nerve is ________.

Question 14

The suffix that means speech is ________.

Question 15

The combining form that means feeling or sensation is________.

Question 16

The combining form that means ventricle is ________.

Question 17

The combining form that means sense of pain is ________.

Question 18

The suffix that means weakness is ________.

Question 19

The combining form that means spinal cord is ________.

Question 20

The combining form that means glue is ________.

Question 21

A medical term that means pertaining to the cerebrum and spine is ________.

Question 22

A medical term that means head pain is ________.

Question 23

A medical term that means pertaining to the pons is ________.

Question 24

A medical term that means pertaining to the cerebrum is ________.

Question 25

A medical term that means lack of muscle coordination is ________.

Question 26

A medical term that means pertaining to the meninges is ________.

Question 27

A medical term that means pertaining to the cerebellum is ________.

Question 28

A medical term that means pertaining to within the meninges is ________.

Question 29

A medical term that means specialist in nerves is ________.

Question 30

A medical term that means record of the spinal cord is ________.

Question 31

A medical term that means lack of speech is ________.

Question 32

A medical term that means record of brain's electricity is ________.

Question 33

A medical term that means pertaining to nerves is ________.

Question 34

A medical term that means inflammation of the cerebellum is ________.

Question 35

The suffix that means paralysis is ________.

Question 36

A medical term that means absence of pain is ________.

Question 37

The suffix that means muscle coordination is ________.

Question 38

A medical term that means pertaining to the thalamus is ________.

Question 39

A medical term that means lack of feeling or sensation is ________.

Question 40

A medical term that means nerve pain is ________.

Question 41

A medical term that means spinal cord inflammation is ________.

Question 42

The suffix that means pertaining to being attracted to is ________.

Question 43

A medical term that means weakness of one (limb)is ________.

Question 44

The suffix that means frenzy is ________.

Question 45

A suffix that means treatment is ________.

Question 46

A medical term that means excessive sensation is ________.

Question 47

The combining form that means split is ________.

Question 48

A medical term that means nerve root inflammation is ________.

Question 49

A medical term that means medical treatment of the mind is ________.

Question 50

A medical term that means inflammation of the brain is ________.

Question 51

A medical term that means difficult speech is ________.

Question 52

The combining form that means fear or worry is ________.

Question 53

The suffix that means physician is ________.

Question 54

A medical term that means meninges tumor is ________.

Question 55

The combining form that means body is ________.

Question 56

A medical term that means paralysis of four (limbs)is ________.

Question 57

A medical term that means inflammation of many nerves is ________.

Question 58

The combining form that means sleep is ________.

Question 59

A combining form that means mind is ________.

Question 60

A medical term that means nerve root disease is ________.

Question 61

White matter is composed of myelinated nerve fibers.

Question 62

The term anesthesia means the absence of pain.

Question 63

The brain contains four interconnected cavities called ventricles.

Question 64

The term myelogram means a record of the spinal cord.

Question 65

The term aphasia means unable to speak.

Question 66

The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system stimulates the body in times of stress and crisis.

Question 67

The largest section of the brain is the cerebrum.

Question 68

Bundles of nerve fibers interconnecting different parts of the central nervous system are called ganglia.

Question 69

There are 12 pairs of spinal nerves and 31 pairs of cranial nerves.

Question 70

The inner layer of the cerebrum is the cerebral cortex.

Question 71

The term neurorrhaphy means ruptured nerve.

Question 72

An absence seizure is also called a petit mal seizure.

Question 73

Myelin is a lipid molecule that insulates dendrites.

Question 74

The nerve root is the point where a nerve is attached to the central nervous system.

Question 75

Hemiparesis is paralysis of one side of the body.

Question 76

Electrical impulses require a neurotransmitter to cross the synaptic cleft.

Question 77

Sensory nerves carry commands to muscles and glands.

Question 78

Delirium is the impairment of intellectual functioning.

Question 79

A convulsion is the alternation between involuntary muscle contractions and relaxations.

Question 80

Cranial nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system.