Deck 13: Nerves of Steel

Question 1

Encephalomyelopathy is:

A) hardening of brain tissue
B) morbid softening of the brain
C) any disease involving the brain and spinal cord
D) any disease involving the bone marrow and skull

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Inability to move one side of the body is called ____________________.

Answer 2

hemiplegia

Question 3

Weakness of the lower body in bipeds or hind limbs in quadrapeds is called ____________________.

Answer 3

paraparesis

Question 4

Removal of intervertebral disc material by perforating and scraping out of its contents is called:

A) dysesthesia
B) neuroanastomosis
C) laminectomy
D) disc fenestration

Question 5

The suffix for weakness is ____________________.

Question 6

Loss of voluntary movement is called ____________________.

Question 7

The abbreviation PLR represents:

A) persistent lateral radiculitits
B) prominent left reflex
C) post lameness reflex
D) pupillary light reflex

Question 8

The medical term for stumbling or without coordination is:

A) ataxia
B) hemiplegia
C) neuralgia
D) wobbler's

Question 9

The seizure in an animal that seizures is called the:

A) aura
B) obtund
C) ictus
D) convulse

Question 10

Inability to move all four limbs is called ____________________ or ____________________.

Question 11

The spinal cord is part of the ____ nervous system.

A) peripheral
B) central
C) afferenet
D) efferent

Question 12

Inability to move the lower body in bipeds or hind limbs in quadrapeds is called ____________________.

Question 13

Prolapse or drooping is called:

A) Horner's
B) chorea
C) epilepsy
D) ptosis

Question 14

Which of the following types of neuron carries impulses from one neuron to another?

A) sensory
B) associative
C) afferent
D) descending

Question 15

Weakness in all four limbs is called ____________________ or ____________________.

Question 16

Weakness on one side of the body is called ____________________.

Question 17

The suffix for paralysis is ____________________.

Question 18

A neurologic defect in which the animal appears to not know where its limbs are is referred to as:

A) CP
B) conscious proprioception
C) conscious proprioceptive defect
D) hyperextension

Question 19

A synonym for chorea is:

A) myoclonus
B) hypnosis
C) ptosis
D) epilepsy

Question 20

Inability to move one limb is called ____________________.

Question 22

The largest part of the brain, the ____________________ is responsible for receiving and processing stimuli, initiating voluntary movement, and storing information.

Question 23

The ____________________ nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.

Question 24

The cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic nervous system, and ganglia make up the ____________________ nervous system.

Question 25

The spinal cord passes through an opening in the occipital bone called the __________ __________.

Question 26

Collectively, the pia mater and arachnoid membranes are called the ____________________.