Exam 12: Nervous System

Which of the following conditions is characterized by one-sided facial paralysis?

Electrical impulses require a neurotransmitter to cross the synaptic cleft.

Which of the following abbreviations is a diagnostic image?

Which of the following medications is used to treat Parkinson's disease?

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 ventricle is ________.

There are 12 pairs of spinal nerves and 31 pairs of cranial nerves.

Involuntary, repetitive, alternating movement of a body part is called:

The inner layer of the cerebrum is the cerebral cortex.

The term myelogram means a record of the spinal cord.

Which part of the brain consists of the thalamus and hypothalamus?

Poliomyelitis is an infection of the spinal cord.

The brain contains four interconnected cavities called ventricles.

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 cerebellum is ________.

Which of the following abbreviations stands for a stroke?

Which of the following is the part of a neuron that receives the impulse?

The term aphasia means unable to speak.

The progressive impairment of intellectual function is called:

Sensory nerves carry commands to muscles and glands.

The medical term for fainting is:

Describe the difference between the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.