Exam 10: The Nervous System and Mental Health: The Essentials of the Languages of Neurology and Psychiatry

What is the facial nerve disorder characterized by a sudden weakness or paralysis of muscles on one side of the face?

The junction between two nerve cells is the:

The opposite of afferent is:

The medical term for a stroke is abbreviated as a(n) _________.

The term _________ refers to a period of time when there is an increase in the severity of a disease.

The word element that means to think is:

A condition caused by an excessive amount of CSF causing ventricular enlargement is:

Which of the following requires treatment by a psychiatrist?

The word which means slow, writhing, involuntary movements is:

Of the following words, which one means pertaining to the skull?

Which of the following is a procedure used to remove CSF?

The root/combining form in the word narcolepsy means

An adult son brings his elderly father to the emergency department.He reports that his father began slurring his speech.Within an hour of arriving to the emergency department, his symptoms resolve and his speech is now clear.What is most likely the cause of his symptoms?

The term which means inability to coordinate muscle activity leading to jerky movements is:

A 22 year old patient in the hospital is suffering from a seizure that lasts longer than 45 minutes.When charting this event, the physician's assistant should document this seizure as:

When a person is schizophrenic, he or she:

The medical term for fainting is _________.

Which of the following conditions results from demyelination?

Parkinson disease occurs when which neurotransmitter is no longer produced?

Name the chronic disorder of the nervous system which has no cure.