Exam 12: Nervous System

A CVA is a stroke.

Which of the following medications is used to treat minor pain?

A meningocele means that the spinal cord and meninges are protruding through a gap in the vertebral column.

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -A medical term that means pertaining to the pons is ________.

Epilepsy is a disturbance in the electrical activity of the brain.

Which part of the brain controls body temperature, appetite, sleep, sexual desire, and emotions?

Which of the following diagnostic tests measures how fast an impulse travels along a nerve?

A profound state of unconsciousness associated with an illness or injury is called:

An anesthesiologist is also trained in pain management.

Which of the following is the location of the nucleus of a neuron?

Myasthenia gravis is caused by a loss of the myelin sheath around a nerve.

Which layer of the meninges is applied directly to the surface of the brain?

Paralysis on one side of the body is called:

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -The combining form that means nerve root is ________.

Shingles consists of painful blisters along the spinal cord.

Myelography is a diagnostic image produced using ultrasound.

Myelin is a lipid molecule that insulates dendrites.

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -A medical term that means specialist in nerves is ________.

White matter is composed of myelinated nerve fibers.

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -The combining form that means head is ________.