Exam 10: Neurology-Nervous System

Down syndrome is a disease caused by an infection before a baby is born.

A nerve impulse travels electrically across a synapse.

A chronic neurologic disease that involves an imbalance in the levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine and acetylcholine is called ________ disease.

Which nuclear medicine procedure uses a radioactive substance that emits positrons?

A transcutaneous electrical nerve ________ unit is an electrical device used to control chronic pain.

The combining form syncop/o- means ________.

The posterior or dorsal nerve roots of the spinal cord are categorized as what type of nerves?

Which part is the most superior part of the brainstem and keeps the mind conscious?

A ________ is a deep division that runs in an anterior-to-posterior direction through the superior surface of the cerebrum.

The neurotransmitter of the sympathetic nervous system is ________.

The patient sustained a gunshot wound to the lumbar area of his back that severed the spinal cord.This resulted in ________.

A certain type of recurring,often one-sided headache,which is often accompanied by nausea and/or vomiting and extreme sensitivity to light,is called ________.

Which is another name for the abbreviation LP?

James put his hand on a hot stove.An involuntary muscle reaction controlled by the spinal cord and called a ________ made him remove his hand quickly from the heat before he got burned.

Which word describes a traumatic injury to the brain with no loss of consciousness,but with bruising and some bleeding in the tissues?

Which is a chronic neurologic disease caused by an imbalance in the levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine and acetylcholine in the brain?

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "condition (of)burning pain"?

Sciatica is pain of the lower back and below from compression of the spinal nerve roots from L4,L5,and the sacrum.

The drugs donepezil (Aricept)and tacrine (Cognex)are used to treat ________.

________ is the word for one of the multiple branches at the beginning of a neuron.