Functions And Structure Of The Nervous System

Front 1

Parkinson Disease

Back 1

Disease of muscular rigidity, tremors, and a masklike facial expression.

Front 2

Axon

Back 2

Single process of a nerve cell carrying nervous impulses away from the cell body.

Front 3

Gray Matter

Back 3

Regions of the brain and spinal cord occupied by cell bodies and dendrites.

Front 4

White Matter

Back 4

Regions of the brain and spinal cord occupied by bundles of axons.

Front 5

Coma

Back 5

State of deep unconsciousness.

Front 6

Ventricle

Back 6

A cavity of the heart or brain.

Front 7

Lumbar

Back 7

Pertaining to the region in the back and sides between the ribs and pelvis.

Front 8

Sacral

Back 8

In the neighborhood of the sacrum.

Front 9

Alzheimer Disease

Back 9

Common form of dementia.

Front 10

Sympathy

Back 10

Appreciation and concern for another person's mental and emotional state.

Front 11

Dementia

Back 11

Chronic, progressive, irreversible loss of the mind's cognitive and intellectual functions.

Front 12

Empathy

Back 12

Ability to place yourself into the feelings, emotions, and reactions of another person.

Front 13

Conscious

Back 13

Having present knowledge of oneself and one's surroundings.

Front 14

Quadriplegia

Back 14

Paralysis of all four limbs.

Front 15

Triplegia

Back 15

Paralysis of three limbs.

Front 16

Prion

Back 16

Small infectious protein particle.

Front 17

Tremor

Back 17

Small, shaking, involuntary, repetitive movements of hands, extremities, neck, or jaw.

Front 18

Glioblastoma GLIE-oh-blas-TOE-mah

Back 18

A malignant form of brain cancer.

Front 19

Reye Syndrome

Back 19

Encephalopathy and liver damage in children following an acute viral illness: linked to aspirin use.

Front 20

Insomnia

Back 20

Inability to sleep.

Front 21

Coup KOO

Back 21

Injury to the brain occurring directly under the skull at the point of impact.

Front 22

Intermittent

Back 22

Alternately ceasing and beginning again.

Front 23

Spina Bifida

Back 23

Failure of one or more vertebral arches to close during fetal development.

Front 24

Tranquilizer

Back 24

Agent that calms without sedating or depressing.

Front 25

Psychoactive

Back 25

Able to alter mood, behavior, and/or cognition.