Hormone Hell
Sounds Painful
Repairs and Removals
The NERVE of you!
ACRONYMS are awesome!
100

This ductless gland regulates your metabolism.

What is the thyroid gland?

100

These can occur with or without aura.

What is a migraine?

100

Simple cranial lesions are less than this size.

What it 3.5 Centimeters?

100

These nerves extend off the thoracic area, off the ribs.

What is the intercostal nerves?

100

Also known as an EEG this test is done to measure electrical activity in the brain.

What is electroencephalogram?

200
These glands sit on top of each kidney.

What is the adrenal glands?

200

An intense burning or sensitivity to vibration.

What is Causalgia?

200

This type of therapy is used to treat vascular conditions within the head, neck or spine using balloons or stents.

What is endovascular therapy?

200

This is the longest cranial nerve that extends to the abdominal area.

What is the vagus nerve?

200

CPT provides extensive instructions preceding these NCS studies, also called what?

What are nerve conduction tests?

300

This makes TSH, FSH, LH, and ACTH.

What is the pituitary gland?

300

This nerve if impinged can cause severe pain that radiates down the back to one or both legs.

What is the sciatic nerve?

300

This procedure is sometimes done to drain cerebrospinal fluid.

What is a spinal puncture?

300

These nerves slow down bodily functions to normal so that the body can rest.

What are the parasympathetic nerves?

300

In response to a nerve stimulation an EP study is short for what term?

What are evoked potential studies?

400

This is a inherited disorder that causes groups of endocrine glands to to become overactive simultaneously.

What is Wermer's Syndrome?

400

This term is used for a condition of long term pain with no specific time frame.

What is Chronic Pain Syndrome?

400

A tumor of a portion of the pituitary gland.

What is the Craniopharyngioma?

400

This nerve contains five divided branch of nerves that supply the genitals, perineum, coccyx , pubic bone, and pelvic region.

What is the pudendal nerve?

400

The MSLT is part of the sleep medicine testing category, and can also be called what name?

What is multiple sleep latency test?

500

Too much cortisol caused by an overactive adrenal gland can cause this condition.

What is Cushing's Syndrome?

500

This injection is normally placed near the Zygapopohyseal Joint to reduce nerve pain.

What is facet joint injection?    

500

The removal of the lower part of the occipital bone for brain surgery.

What is suboccipital craniectomy?

500

These nerves branch off the 12th thoracic and first lumbar spinal nerves.

What is the ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerves?
500

This autonomic function test is performed for cardiovagal innervation and is referred to as QSART for short, but in a medical record it would be spelled out as what term?

What is quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test?

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