Exam 10: The Nervous System and Mental Health

Which type of therapy focuses on changing thoughts that are affecting a person's emotions and actions?​

____________________ is characterized by sudden, severe, lightning-like pain due to an inflammation of the fifth cranial nerve.​

Which nerves prepare the body for emergencies and stress as part of the fight-or-flight response?​

A type of radiation treatment for brain tumors performed without knife or incision is known as ______.​

Match each definition with the correct word part.​ -myel/o

A/An _____ works by increasing activity in certain areas of the brain to increase concentration and wakefulness.​

Which type of disorder is found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties learning specific skills?​

The thick, tough, outermost membrane of the meninges is known as the ____________________.​

Match each definition with the correct term.​ -coma

A/An ____________________ disorder is a condition in which individuals act as if they have a physical or mental illness when they are not really sick.​

A/An ____________________ stroke is damage that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or ruptures.​

____________________ disease is a degenerative central nervous system disorder with progressive loss of control over movement.​

____________________ is a disorder of the peripheral nerves that carry information to and from the brain and spinal cord which causes pain and loss of sensation in the arms and legs.​

The psychotic disorder characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, as well as other disturbances, is known as ____________________.​

Regional anesthesia produced by injecting a local anesthetic into the epidural space of the spine is known as ____________________.​

A persistent, severe burning pain that usually follows an injury to a sensory nerve is known as ____________________.​

The 12 pairs of _____ originate from the undersurface of the brain.​

Match each definition with the correct word part.​ -psych/o

Match each definition with the correct word part.​ --esthesia

The progressive autoimmune disorder that is characterized by inflammation that causes demyelination of nerve fibers of the brain and spinal cord is known as ____________________.​