Exam 12: Nervous System and Mental Health

Which of the following is the point at which two neurons meet?

An individual who alternates between periods of deep depression and mania may have which of the following disorders?

Which of the following pathological conditions might develop into a full-blown stroke?

What is the common name for a CVA?

Which of the following diagnostic tests measures how fast an impulse travels along a nerve?

The inner layer of the cerebrum is the cerebral cortex.

Which of the following terms means surgical repair of a nerve?

Which of the following disorders includes aberrant sexual activity?

Cerebral angiography is a diagnostic image of the blood vessels of the brain.

Which layer of the meninges forms the tough and fibrous outer sac?

Which of the following is NOT a potential cause of a cerebrovascular accident?

A CVA is a stroke.

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

Which of the following is an example of an impulse control disorder?

Which of the following medications produces a loss of consciousness?

The term myelogram means a record of the spinal cord.

Which of the following pathological conditions is due to an insufficient neurotransmitter at a synapse?

A medical term that means meninges tumor is ________.

The sensation that occurs prior to an epileptic seizure is called:

Sensory nerves carry commands to muscles and glands.