Exam 13: The Nervous System and Mental Health

The definition of myelitis is:

The medical term for a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system is a(n) ________.

This disease is characterized by deterioration of the myelin sheath covering the axons within the brain.

A stroke victim is unable to speak. The health care provider would chart this as ________.

The combining form phas/o means "to ________."

The patient has paralysis on one side of the body. The chart would show that the patient has:

Select the combining form that means "mind."

Bell's palsy occurs when the facial muscles are paralyzed on one side.

The correct meaning of the word root in the term neuroma is:

The combining form schiz/o means:

A patient suffers from a disease that literally means "condition of split mind." The name of this disease that causes delusions and hallucinations is ________.

A patient presents to the Emergency Department complaining of numbness and weakness on his left side. The doctor believes this patient is experiencing a stroke (irreversible death of brain cells due to cut-off blood supply to the brain). The correct abbreviation for this medical condition is:

MS is the abbreviation for ________. (two words)

This test measures the electrical activity of the brain.

The medical term for being paralyzed from the neck down is:

MRI is the abbreviation for ________. (three words)

Without the condition of sensation

The combining form neur/o means "nerve," and the suffix -logy means "study of" or "science of."

Process of recording the electrical activity of the brain

A patient has been admitted with a CVA. The health care provider realizes that this is the acronym for ________. (two words)