Deck 12: Nervous System and Mental Health

Question 1

A combining form that means meninges is ________.

Answer 1

mening/o;meningi/o

Question 2

The combining form that means sheath (meninges)is ________.

Answer 2

thec/o

Question 3

The combining form that means star is ________.

Answer 3

astr/o

Question 4

The combining form that means glue is ________.

Question 5

The combining form that means medulla oblongata is ________.

Question 6

The combining form that means pons is ________.

Question 7

The combining form that means cerebrum is ________.

Question 8

The combining form that means gray matter is ________.

Question 9

The combining form that means head is ________.

Question 10

The suffix that means weakness is ________.

Question 11

A combining form that means nerve is ________.

Question 12

The combining form that means ventricle is ________.

Question 13

The combining form that means sense of pain is ________.

Question 14

The combining form that means nerve root is ________.

Question 15

The combining form that means feeling or sensation is________.

Question 16

The combining form that means spinal cord is ________.

Question 17

The suffix that means speech is ________.

Question 18

The combining form that means cerebellum is ________.

Question 19

The combining form that means thalamus is ________.

Question 20

The combining form that means brain is ________.

Question 21

A medical term that means pertaining to the pons is ________.

Question 22

A medical term that means lack of speech is ________.

Question 23

A medical term that means record of brain's electricity is ________.

Question 24

A medical term that means nerve pain is ________.

Question 25

A medical term that means record of the spinal cord is ________.

Question 26

The suffix that means paralysis is ________.

Question 27

A medical term that means lack of muscle coordination is ________.

Question 28

A medical term that means lack of feeling or sensation is ________.

Question 29

A medical term that means pertaining to nerves is ________.

Question 30

A medical term that means specialist in nerves is ________.

Question 31

A medical term that means inflammation of the cerebellum is ________.

Question 32

A medical term that means pertaining to the cerebrum is ________.

Question 33

A medical term that means pertaining to the meninges is ________.

Question 34

A medical term that means pertaining to the thalamus is ________.

Question 35

A medical term that means head pain is ________.

Question 36

A medical term that means pertaining to the cerebrum and spine is ________.

Question 37

The suffix that means muscle coordination is ________.

Question 38

A medical term that means absence of pain is ________.

Question 39

A medical term that means pertaining to within the meninges is ________.

Question 40

A medical term that means pertaining to the cerebellum is ________.

Question 41

A medical term that means paralysis of four (limbs)is ________.

Question 42

A medical term that means excessive sensation is ________.

Question 43

The suffix that means frenzy is ________.

Question 44

A medical term that means inflammation of the brain is ________.

Question 45

The combining form that means sleep is ________.

Question 46

The suffix that means physician is ________.

Question 47

A combining form that means mind is ________.

Question 48

A medical term that means difficult speech is ________.

Question 49

A medical term that means nerve root disease is ________.

Question 50

The combining form that means fear or worry is ________.

Question 51

A suffix that means treatment is ________.

Question 52

A medical term that means medical treatment of the mind is ________.

Question 53

The combining form that means body is ________.

Question 54

A medical term that means nerve root inflammation is ________.

Question 55

The suffix that means pertaining to being attracted to is ________.

Question 56

A medical term that means spinal cord inflammation is ________.

Question 57

A medical term that means inflammation of many nerves is ________.

Question 58

A medical term that means weakness of one (limb)is ________.

Question 59

The combining form that means split is ________.

Question 60

A medical term that means meninges tumor is ________.

Question 61

The term myelogram means a record of the spinal cord.

Question 62

The inner layer of the cerebrum is the cerebral cortex.

Question 63

White matter is composed of myelinated nerve fibers.

Question 64

The brain contains four interconnected cavities called ventricles.

Question 65

Bundles of nerve fibers interconnecting different parts of the central nervous system are called ganglia.

Question 66

The term neurorrhaphy means ruptured nerve.

Question 67

Sensory nerves carry commands to muscles and glands.

Question 68

Myelin is a lipid molecule that insulates dendrites.

Question 69

There are 12 pairs of spinal nerves and 31 pairs of cranial nerves.

Question 70

An absence seizure is also called a petit mal seizure.

Question 71

The largest section of the brain is the cerebrum.

Question 72

Delirium is the impairment of intellectual functioning.

Question 73

The nerve root is the point where a nerve is attached to the central nervous system.

Question 74

Cranial nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system.

Question 75

Electrical impulses require a neurotransmitter to cross the synaptic cleft.

Question 76

A convulsion is the alternation between involuntary muscle contractions and relaxations.

Question 77

The term aphasia means unable to speak.

Question 78

The term anesthesia means the absence of pain.

Question 79

The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system stimulates the body in times of stress and crisis.

Question 80

Hemiparesis is paralysis of one side of the body.