Exam 12: Nervous System

The medical term for Lou Gehrig disease is ____________________ lateral sclerosis.

The outermost meninx is the dura mater.

The term for fainting is ____________________.

Inflammation of a spinal nerve root is:

An abnormal sense of taste or a bad taste in the mouth is termed ageusia.

Nerve pain is called:

The somatic nervous system is involuntary in nature.

Paralysis on the right or left side of the body is:

What is a disorder characterized by sudden attacks of sleep?

Loss of memory is aphasia.

The S in CSF analysis stands for "shunt."

Slight paralysis of one limb on one side of the body is:

CT scans are done to diagnose strokes, edema, tumors, and hemorrhage resulting from trauma.

A benign tumor of the nerves is a(n):

Sciatica has symptoms of pain in the face and neck.

The slender, elongated projection that carries the nerve impulse is a(n):

In this procedure, special radionuclides and a sophisticated computerized scanner are used to demonstrate brain functions and assist in the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease and stroke.

A procedure to aspirate cerebrospinal fluid from the lumbar subarachnoid space is:

Inability to write is agraphia.

Echoencephalography is ultrasonography of the brain.