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51 Cards in this Set

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Rhiz/o
Nerve root
What condition has the following signs and symptoms deep, prolonged unconsciousness, head injury, neurologic disease, acute hydrocephalus, intoxication or metabolic abnormalities?
coma
What is the infection or inflammation of the membranes covering the brain or spinal cord?
Meningitis
slight paralysis of the lower limbs and trunk
Paraparesis
What is the method of pain control that is affected by the application of electrical impulses to the skin
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation TENS
Migraine
Headache of vascular origin
Medical term for fainting
syncope
What examination does the MA perform to detect pathogens and abnormalities in CNS fluid?
Cerebral spinal fluid CSF
Lepsy
Seizure
Brain
Encephel/o
Hemi-
Half
What is the suture of a severe nerve called
Neurorrhaphy
What measures and record the number of function while the patient is asleep
Polysomnography
Medical term for dizziness
Vertigo
Myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
What is a motor function disorder as a result of permanent, non progressive brain defect lesion caused perinatally?
Cerebral Palsy
What does CNS stand for
Central nervous system
What is acute virus infection caused by chicken pox
Shingles
What is a condition of abnormal fluid accumulation in the ventricles of the brain
Hydrocephalus
Define crebrovascular accident
Ischimia of cerebral tissue with sequele that may include paralysis, weakness, speech defects or sensory changes that last more than 24 hours(stroke)
Define -plegia
Paralysis
Define mono-
one
Define para-
abnormal
Dur/o
Dura Mater
Quadri-
four
which nerve has the sense of smell
Olfactory
what is another name for glia cell
Neurolgia
the functional unit of the nervous system is
Neuron
list symptoms that are sign of neurological disorder
Vertigo, Paralysis, Headache
What is the autonomic nervous system?
is part of the pheripheral nervous system, controls involuntary actions of smooth muscles, cardiac muscle and gland, has two divisions
What is Tic Doulourex
Neurolgia of the fifth cranial nerve
which division of the nervous system is the fight or flight response comes from?
sympathetic nervous system
Name the part of the brain responsible for thinking and voluntary activity
cerebrum "Largest portion of brain"
what are Gyri
folds or convolution in the brain
how many pairs of cranial nerves do you have
12
Name the lobes of the brain
Frontal, temporal, Occipital
name the reflexes of the body
corneal, patellar, plantar
Degeneration of the myelin sheath is what neurological condition
multiple sclerosis
name the part of the brain that signal the anterior pituitary gland to release is hormones
pons
which part of the brain is responsible for equilibrium and controlling fine motor skills
cerebellum " little brain "
What is hemiplegia paralysis
Only one side of the body
Name the part of the CNS
brain, spinal cord, meninges
synapse
Space between the end of one neuron and the beginning of the next Neuron
How many pairs of spinal nerves are there
31
During a lumber puncher the needle is inserted between the_____________Lumbar vertebrae.
3rd and 4th
when you have activated dormant virus of chickenpox you get what
Herpes zoster, jingles
the _______ meninges have a spider Web appearance
Arachnoid
Pill-rolling motion is characterized by which neurological condition
Parkinson's disease
what do sensory neurons do
transmit nerve impulses to the central nervous system CNS
-paresis
sloght paralysis
kinesi/o
movement