Drugs And Surgeries

Front 1

Analeptic

Back 1

Drug that acts as a stimulant, like caffine.

Front 2

Analgesic

Back 2

Drug that takes away pain.

Front 3

Antipytretic Analgesic

Back 3

Drug that takes away pain and also reduces fever.

Front 4

Narcotic Analgesic

Back 4

Capable of causing stupor.

Front 5

Anticonvulsant

Back 5

Drug that works against or controls epilepsy.

Front 6

Narcotic

Back 6

Preparation capable of producing stupor or a decrease in mental awareness.

Front 7

Anasthetic Drug

Back 7

Preparation that is capable of taking away sensations, especially painful ones.

Front 8

Epidural Anesthesia

Back 8

Injection of an anesthetic agent into the top of the dura mater (affects the nerves of the cauda equina area near the tailbone.)

Front 9

General Anesthesia

Back 9

Drug that is capable of producing loss of consciousness and total loss of sensation.

Front 10

Local Anesthesia

Back 10

Drug that causes anasthesia only in a particular area.

Front 11

Nerve Block

Back 11

An anesthetic agent is injected near a nerve supplying the area to be treated. (The drug blocks the nerve impulses that cause anesthesia only in a particular area.)

Front 12

Spinal Anesthesia

Back 12

An anesthetic agent is injected into the subarachnoid space to block the nerves below the level of the agent. (Lower portion of the body is numbed.)

Front 13

Topical Anesthetic

Back 13

Agent that is painted on the surface of a structure, especially those structures that are covered by mucous membranes. (The agent is absorbed through the membrane).

Front 14

CT or CAT Scan
Computerized Axial Tomography Scan

Back 14

A two-dimensional picture that has been taken at various levels of tissue by an x-ray machine that circles around the body on an axis.

Front 15

Cordotomy

Back 15

Cutting into the spinal cord, usually to relieve pain.

Front 16

Craniotomy

Back 16

Incision into the cranium to open the skull.

Front 17

Cryoneurosurgery

Back 17

Technique of exposinf the nerve tissue to extreme cold to destroy specific areas of tissue.

Front 18

Electroencephalogram or EEG

Back 18

Measurement and recording of the electrical activity of the brain.

Front 19

Laminectomy

Back 19

Excision of a thin, flat plate of bone of one or more vertebrae.

Front 20

Lobotomy

Back 20

Cutting into a lobe of the brain, usually the frontal lobe, to alter brain function.

Front 21

Lumbar Puncture

Back 21

Spinal tap. Insertion of a long needle between two lumbar vertebrae to take a sample of cerebrospinal fluid, measure cerebrospinal pressure, or to anesthetize the lower part of the body.

Front 22

Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI

Back 22

Diagnostic procedure using a magnetic field to bounce off beams, which are then converted into a picture.

Front 23

Sympathectomy

Back 23

Excision of part of the sympathetic nerve.

Front 24

Trephination

Back 24

Cutting out a circular piece of bone from the skull using an instrument called a trephine.

Front 25

Ventricular Shunting

Back 25

Procedure done to divert cerebrospinal fluid to another part of the body to release some fluid that collects in the ventricles for the condition referred to as hydrocephalus.