Exam 29: Neurology and Nervous System Disorders

Which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word neuropathy (nyoo-rawp-ah-thee)?

When the patient experienced trauma to the occipital lobe of the brain,his sense of ____________ was affected.

Photophobia is associated with:

Which condition commonly accompanies migraine headaches?

A carotid ____________ is a surgical procedure done to remove plaque from the carotid artery.

Which word means a surgical incision into the cranium to expose the brain tissue?

The ____________ is the only connection between the right and left hemispheres.

Which of the following is not part of the central nervous system?

Cauda equina is the medical name for the nerve roots at the end of the spinal cord.

A spinal tap is also known as a ____________ ____________.

Mad cow disease is related to the human disease known as new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Difficulty reading and writing words is known as ____________.

A Romberg's neuroma causes damage to the nerve around the metatarsophalangeal joint between the ball of the foot and the toes.

The most common type of dementia is ____________.

The patient sustained a gunshot wound to the lumbar area of his back that severed the spinal cord.This resulted in:

The study of the anatomy,physiology,diseases,tests,and surgeries of the nervous system is known as ____________.

The meninges contain all of the following structures except ____________.

During stereotactic neurosurgery,the surgeon is certain to encounter the:

The ____________ are four hollow chambers in the brain.

The olfactory nerve is associated with what function?