Exam 12: Nervous System

An incision of a nerve is a ____________________.

What type of neuroglia forms a structure that slows the passage or prevents some drugs and disease-causing organisms from entering the CNS?

Myelin is the material that covers the axon of nerve cells.

A brain bruise is a cerebral contusion.

A ventriculoperitoneal shunt may be used to drain fluid from brain ventricles into the abdominal cavity.

A sympathectomy may be done to relieve chronic pain or promote vasodilation.

A tube used to drain fluid from brain ventricles into the abdominal cavity is:

Quadriplegia is paralysis of the arms, legs, and trunk.

A head injury of sufficient force to bruise the brain is:

Facial nerve paralysis is:

Narcolepsy is a seizure disorder caused by drug usage.

Cutting the vagus nerve is known as ____________________.

The covering of the axon is the:

A cerebral arteriogram is the same as a cerebral angiogram.

This term denotes serious head injury characterized by one or more of the following: loss of consciousness, amnesia, seizures, or a change in mental status.

The M in MRI stands for "medial."

A multiple sleep latency test is used to diagnose narcolepsy.

Afferent nerves are also called:

Use of a fiberoptic camera to visualize neural structures is:

Babinski sign is a loss of the Achilles tendon reflex seen in shingles.