Deck 14: Neurology: Nervous System

Question 1

The combining form that means brain is ____________________.

Answer 1

encephal/o;encephalo

Question 2

The suffix that means disease is ____________________.

Answer 2

-pathy;pathy

Question 3

The combining form that means spine is ____________________.

Answer 3

spin/o;spino

Question 4

The combining form that means cerebellum is ____________________.

Question 5

The combining form that means spinal cord is ____________________.

Question 6

A combining form that means hardening is ____________________.

Question 7

The combining form that means electricity is ____________________.

Question 8

The combining form that means water is ____________________.

Question 9

The suffix that means speech is ____________________.

Question 10

The combining form that means head is ____________________.

Question 11

The suffix that means softening is ____________________.

Question 12

The combining form that means cerebrum is ____________________.

Question 13

The combining form that means thalamus is ____________________.

Question 14

The combining form that means meninges is ____________________.

Question 15

The combining form that means blood is ____________________.

Question 16

The combining form that means medulla oblongata is ____________________.

Question 17

The suffix that means feeling or sensation is ____________________.

Question 18

The combining form that means blood vessels is ____________________.

Question 19

The combining form that means pons is ____________________.

Question 20

A combining form that means nerve is ____________________.

Question 21

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

Question 22

A prefix other than a- that means without is ____________________.

Question 23

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

Question 24

A medical term that means lack of sensations is ____________________.

Question 25

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

Question 26

The suffix that means process of recording is ____________________.

Question 27

A medical term that means head pain is ____________________.

Question 28

The prefix that means two is ____________________.

Question 29

The prefix that means one is ____________________.

Question 30

A medical term that means pertaining to nerves is ____________________.

Question 31

The prefix that means excessive is ____________________.

Question 32

The suffix that means hernia or protrusion is ____________________.

Question 33

A medical term that means one who studies nerves is ____________________.

Question 34

The prefix that means many is ____________________.

Question 35

The prefix that means half is ____________________.

Question 36

The suffix that means development is ____________________.

Question 37

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

Question 38

A medical term that means lack of speech is ____________________.

Question 39

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

Question 40

The suffix that means paralysis is ____________________.

Question 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

The term pontine refers to part of the brain stem.

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

The term cerebrovascular means "pertaining to a stroke."

Question 47

A medical term that means nerve pain is ____________________.

Question 48

A medical term that means paralysis of four is ____________________.

Question 49

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

Question 50

A medical term that means spinal cord inflammation is ____________________.

Question 51

The term myelogram means "a record of the spinal cord."

Question 52

Nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system.

Question 53

The term encephalomalacia means "hardening of the brain."

Question 54

A medical term that means excessive sensation is ____________________.

Question 55

The term aphasia means "inability to speak."

Question 56

A medical term that means difficult speech is ____________________.

Question 57

The term anesthesia means "the absence of pain."

Question 58

The term neurorrhaphy means "a ruptured nerve."

Question 59

The term meningocele means "the spinal cord and meninges are protruding through a gap in the vertebral column."

Question 60

The term hemiplegia refers to half the body being paralyzed.

Question 61

The cerebellum connects the rest of the brain to the spinal cord.

Question 62

All neurons are covered by myelin.

Question 63

An anticonvulsant medication is used to treat seizures.

Question 64

The thalamus relays incoming sensory information to the correct part of the cerebrum.

Question 65

The point at which one neuron meets another is called a synapse.

Question 66

Alzheimer disease is characterized by rigidity and a shuffling gait.

Question 67

Brain tumors are always cancerous.

Question 68

Electrical impulses require a neurotransmitter to cross the synaptic cleft.

Question 69

The thalamus coordinates body movement and maintains balance.

Question 70

The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum.

Question 71

Cerebral palsy may be caused by lack of oxygen at time of birth.

Question 72

A cerebral contusion means bruising of the brain.

Question 73

The outer layer of the meninges is the pia mater.

Question 74

A stroke is always caused by a ruptured cerebral blood vessel.

Question 75

Dementia means having hallucinations.

Question 76

Sensory nerves carry messages from the central nervous system (CNS)to muscles and organs.

Question 77

The cerebrum is divided into the frontal,parietal,temporal,and occipital lobes.

Question 78

ALS is commonly called Lou Gehrig disease.

Question 79

The central nervous system consists only of the brain.

Question 80

The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body.