Exam 12: Nervous System and Mental Health

A nerve is a bundle of ________ carrying messages between the central nervous system and various parts of the body.

Epilepsy is a disturbance in the electrical activity of the brain.

The combining form that means medulla oblongata is ________.

The suffix that means weakness is ________.

Dementia is an example of what category of mental disorder?

Narcolepsy is an inability to stop gambling.

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

Which of the following abbreviations is a pathological condition?

Kleptomania means an uncontrollable impulse to steal.

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

White matter is composed of myelinated nerve fibers.

The medical term for an abnormal sensation such as burning or tingling is:

Which of the following is one of the two main components of the central nervous system?

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

A medical term that means record of brain's electricity is ________.

A concussion is inflammation of the brain.

The term myelogram means a record of the spinal cord.

Describe what a cerebrovascular accident is and the different causes for one.

Paralysis of the lower portion of the body and both legs is called:

The suffix that means paralysis is ________.