Exam 12: Nervous System and Mental Health

A medical term that means spinal cord inflammation is ________.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder means having deficits in social interaction and communication skills.

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

Which type of seizure is also called a petit mal seizure?

Electrical impulses require a neurotransmitter to cross the synaptic cleft.

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

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

Which of the following pairs is mismatched?

The abbreviation CVA is a diagnostic test for a stroke.

An anesthesiologist is also trained in pain management.

Bell's palsy is facial paralysis.

Which of the following is the insulating material found around a neuron?

A medical term that means pertaining to nerves is ________.

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

Which surgical procedure removes part of a vertebra to relieve pressure on a spinal nerve?

Hemiparesis is paralysis of one side of the body.

Which of the following diagnostic procedures uses positively charged isotopes to image the brain's metabolically active tissues?

Which of the following terms describes the valleys separating the convolutions on the surface of the cerebrum?

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

Which of the following surgical procedures treats hydrocephalus?