Deck 11: Nervous System

Question 1

Symptoms of chronic, recurring seizures are characteristic of:

A) Parkinson disease
B) epilepsy
C) multiple sclerosis
D) shingles
E) palsy

Answer 1

epilepsy

Question 2

A patient who experiences seizures is treated with a(n):

A) anesthetic
B) anticonvulsant
C) antiparkinsonian agent
D) antibiotic
E) gonadotropin

Answer 2

anticonvulsant

Question 3

Delusions or hallucinations are a common symptom of:

A) Parkinson disease
B) cerebral palsy
C) psychosis
D) spina bifida occulta
E) meningitis

Answer 3

psychosis

Question 4

The cerebrum is superior to the spinal cord. This means the cerebrum is located:

A) above the spinal cord
B) below the spinal cord
C) in front of the spinal cord
D) behind the spinal cord
E) beside the spinal cord

Question 5

What medical term best describes pain from nerve compression?

A) neurolysis
B) neurodynia
C) neuroglia
D) neuroma
E) neurosis

Question 6

What diagnostic test involves insertion of a needle into the subarachnoid space to withdraw cerebrospinal fluid for laboratory analysis?

A) RAIU
B) EEG
C) SW
D) EKG
E) LP

Question 7

Tumors of the nervous system are called:

A) adenomas
B) gliomas
C) seizures
D) oligodendrites
E) shingles

Question 8

What condition results in memory loss, mental deterioration, and decline in social skills and physical functioning?

A) stroke
B) Alzheimer disease
C) CVA
D) Bell palsy
E) MS

Question 9

A therapeutic procedure to treat chronic pain is known as:

A) craniotomy
B) lumbar puncture
C) cerebrospinal fluid analysis
D) trephination
E) thalamotomy

Question 10

Which of the following is an instrument to measure the cranium?

A) encephaloplasty
B) encephalotomy
C) encephalometer
D) encephalometry
E) encephalogram

Question 11

The loss of reflexes and body tone that may occur as a result of paralysis is known as:

A) quadriplegia
B) aphasia
C) diplopia
D) vertigo
E) flaccidity

Question 12

What medical term is used to describe reasoning, perception, and judgment?

A) neurology
B) psychosis
C) dementia
D) cognition
E) vascularity

Question 13

Which viral disease in adults is caused by the same organism responsible for chickenpox in children?

A) cerebral palsy
B) polio
C) shingles
D) multiple sclerosis
E) Parkinson disease

Question 14

A facial neuropathic pain syndrome caused by stimulation of cranial nerve V is:

A) trigeminal neuralgia
B) neurodynia
C) cephalalgia
D) paraplegia
E) Neurosis

Question 15

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)

A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

Question 16

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-head

A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

Question 17

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-embryonic cell

A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

Question 18

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-to hold back, block

A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

Question 19

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

Question 20

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-near; beside; beyond

A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

Question 21

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-four

A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

Question 22

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-speech

A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

Question 23

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-spine

A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

Question 24

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by inflammation, hardening, and loss of myelin throughout the spinal cord and brain

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 25

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-partial destruction of the thalamus to treat psychosis or intractable pain

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 26

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-tumor of the brain

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 27

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-prevent or control seizures

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 28

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-congenital defect characterized by incomplete closure of the spinal canal through which the spinal cord and meninges may protrude

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 29

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-herniation of the spinal cord

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 30

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-insertion of a needle into the subarachnoid space to withdraw cerebrospinal fluid for laboratory analysis

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 31

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-creation of an opening in the skull to gain access to the brain during neurosurgical procedures

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 32

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-neurological disorder affecting the portion of the brain responsible for controlling movement

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 33

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-malignant tumor that occurs primarily in infants and children

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 34

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-produce partial or complete loss of sensation with or without loss of consciousness

A) Alzheimer disease
B) anesthetics
C) anticonvulsants
D) craniotomy
E) Dysphasia
F) Encephaloma
G) Epilepsy
H) Huntington chorea
I) Hydrocephalus
J) LP
K) MS
L) Myelocele
M) Neuroblastoma
N) Palsy
O) Parkinson disease
P) Poliomyelitis
Q) Sciatica
R) Shingles
S) spina bifida
T) thalamotomy

Question 35

Match the medical words with their definitions.
-Use myel/o (bone marrow, spinal cord) to build a word that means hernia(tion) of the spinal cord: __________.

Question 36

Use cerebr/o to build a word that means inflammation of the cerebrum and its membranes (meninges): __________.

Question 37

Build a medical word that means tumor composed of brain (tissue): __________

Question 38

Build a word that means abnormal condition of the mind (mental disorder): __________.