Elements
Root Lobes
Membranes
Spinal Cord
Disorders
100
This prefix means "self"
What is auto- ?
100
This lobe's Root means "front of" and is the anterior portion of the cerebral hemisphere
What is frontal?
100
Literally means "hard mother" and refers to the hard, fibrous outer layer of the meninges
What is the dura mater?
100
The spinal cord region that supplies the neck, shoulders, and upper limbs and consists of 8 pairs of spinal nerves
What is cervical?
100
The most common form of dementia with abnormal protein clumps and tangles in the neurons
What is Alzheimer disease?
200
This Root means "spinal cord"
What is myel- ?
200
It's Root means "back of head" and is the posterior area of the cerebral hemisphere
What is occipital?
200
Resembling a spider's web and is the middle layer
What is the arachnoid mater?
200
This region supplies the buttocks, genitalia and backs of lower limbs
What is sacral?
200
An acute clinical event caused by impaired cerebral circulation
What is a stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
300
This term comes from a Greek word that means "circle"
What is gyrus/gyri?
300
This Root and Suffix means "pertaining to time"
What is temporal?
300
This is the most delicate inner layer and contacts the brain's surface directly
What is pia mater?
300
Contains motor neurons that supply the rib cage, rib movement and postural back muscles via 12 pairs
What is thoracic?
300
This type of scan can show cerebral atrophy and helps to diagnose AD.
What is MRI or Magnetic Resonance Imaging
400
This root means "little brain"
What is cerebell- ?
400
Its Root and Suffix mean "wall" and "pertaining to"
What is parietal?
400
Pertains to the space above the hard, fibrous outer layer
What is epidural?
400
Supplies the hips and frontal thigh via 5 pairs of spinal nerves
What is lumbar?
400
This is a disorder of multiple motor and vocal tics and may be genetic
What is Tourette syndrome?
500
This term is from the Greek "inner room"
What is thalamus?
500
This bridge of nerve fibers connects the two cerebral hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
500
Inflammation of the three-layered covering of the brain and spinal cord
What is meningitis?
500
The first cranial nerve that carries information relating to our special sense of smell
What is Olfactory?
500
A medical emergency characterized as having one continuous seizure without regaining consciousness for 30 min or more
What is status epilepticus?
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