Exam 7: The Nervous System

An overproduction of fluid in the brain is ____________________.

An involuntary muscular contraction in response to a stimulus is known as a ________________________.

Cephalgia is pain in the _____________.

The physician may inject anesthetics into this space to help address pain.

____________________ neurons carry information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system.

Thin branches that conduct nerve impulses toward the cell are ____________________.

The __________ lobe of the brain controls memory, equilibrium, emotion, and hearing.

The health care provider identifies damage to the occipital lobe that could affect forms of expression and ____________________.

The ____________________ lobe controls and interprets senses and taste.

The health care provider tests for a Babinski's reflex on a 1-year-old male. What should the normal response be?

Match the combining form cerebr/o with its closest definition.

This carries information to muscles and glands.

This system stimulates organs, glands, and senses.

Match the medical term neuroplasty with its closest definition.

Match the combining form neur/o with its closest definition.

Nerve impulses are received or transmitted by tissue or organs that are called ____________________.

Match the combining form gangli/o with its closest definition.

The arachnoid runs across the ____________________ space.

These carry information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system.

Pain in the head is __________.