Exam 12: Nervous System

Astrocytes connect neurons and blood vessels to form the blood-brain barrier.

What is an inability to recognize objects by sight, sound, or with other senses?

Suturing a severed nerve is:

Dermatomes are skin surface areas supplied by a single afferent spinal nerve.

Continuous, involuntary, slow, writhing movement of the extremities is:

A malignant tumor of star-shaped glial cells is called a(n):

Measurement and recording of a number of functions while the patient is asleep is a(n):

A condition of an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the ventricles of the brain is ____________________.

Motor neurons are also termed efferent neurons.

Involuntary contraction of small, local muscles is:

What is a cancer arising from the autonomic nervous system of the adrenal medulla?

The space between the terminal fibers of one neuron and the dendrites of the next is termed an action potential.

A neurodegenerative disease characterized by destruction of the myelin sheaths of the CNS neurons is:

An incision of the spinal cord to relieve pain is a ____________________.

A cordotomy is removal of part of the spinal cord.

Suture of a severed nerve is ____________________.

The condition that denotes difficulty swallowing is:

Inability or difficulty with reading and/or writing is:

A method of pain control effected by the application of electrical impulses to the skin is:

A scintillator is used to capture a brain scan.