Exam 29: Neurology and Nervous System Disorders

All of the following disease conditions are related to each other except:

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

People who use computers extensively are prone to get which of these diseases?

A chronic,progressive,degenerative autoimmune disorder in which the body makes antibodies against myelin is called ____________ ____________.

Convulsions or seizures are characteristic of the disease known as ____________.

Polyneuritis is defined as a severe burning sensation under the skin along a nerve branch.

Which of the following medical words is misspelled?

All of the following combining forms refer to a seizure except:

The ____________ lobe analyzes sensory information from nerve impulses from the skin for temperature,touch,pressure,vibration,and pain.

An aura is experienced by patients who have ____________.

The combining form syncop/o- means :

The Glasgow Coma Scale is used to help diagnose the type of aphasia that a stroke patient may have.

The central nervous system consists of the ____________.

Which condition of the motor nerves of the spinal column is sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease and is characterized by muscle wasting,spasms,and eventual paralysis.

A CVA is also known as a stroke or a brain attack.

Which is the medical word for a common headache?

Which of the following is a surgical procedure that is used to treat a herniated disk?

The diagnostic test that involves watching a TV monitor with alternating checkerboard patterns while an EEG is performed is known as a:

The brain and its surrounding structures fill the ____________ cavity.

All of the following are types of aphasia except: