Exam 15: Nervous System and Behavioral Health

The suffix -paresis is defined as

After a head injury due to a fall, the patient was unaware of his surroundings and unable to respond to stimuli.He was in a state of

A person who is paralyzed from the waist down is called

A deficient supply of blood to the brain for a short time is called

The term that means without (the loss of) feeling or sensation is

The term that means fainting is

The surgical term neurolysis is defined as

A combining form that means mind is

The thin inner layer of the meninges is the

The psychiatrist has been asked to see a patient who feels a need to continuously wash her hands, now raw from the continuous scrubbing.After consulting with the patient, the psychiatrist concluded that the patient has a disorder characterized by a tendency to perform repetitive actions or rituals called

The combining form encephal/o is defined as

Encephalosclerosis is defined as

An incision into a nerve root is called a

The term dysarthria is related to

The combining form that means sensation, sensitivity, feeling is

Paralysis of four limbs is