Concepts
Efferent transmission of messages is accomplished by this type of neuron.
What is motor neuron?
The word that is derived from the Greek element meaning seizure.
What is epilepsy?
A physician who specializes in the study of nervous system and it's disorders.
What is a neurologist?
The name of the neurotransmitter that is deficient in Parkinson's disease.
What is dopamine?
The term for the condition in which a patient has weakness on one side of the body.
What is hemiparesis?
The division of the autonomic nervous system that operates at an unconscious level
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
The root of ataxia means
What is spinal cord injury?
The most common form of dementia.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
The junction between two nerve cells.
What is a synapse?
Fatty white material found around a nerve axon.
The suffix in the word neuroglia means
What is glue?
An event defined as a small stroke with short term symptoms.
What is a TIA (transient ischemic attack)?
A condition that results from demyelination of the nerve and symptoms can come and go.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
The groove on the surface of the cerebral hemisphere that separates the gyri.
What is the sulcus? Plural form sulci
The function of the frontal lobe.
What is intellect, planning, problem solving, and some voluntary muscle control?
The suffix that means abnormal condition.
What is "osis"?
The outermost layer of tough connective tissue attached to the cranium's inner surface.
What is dura mater?
A physical barrier of glial cells that prevents foreign substances from entering the brain.
What is the blood-brain barrier?
An event due to excessive electrical activity in the brain.
What is a seizure?
The word element that stands for internal organ.
What is viscer?
The ability to place yourself into the feelings, emotions, and reactions of another person.
What is empathy?
Inflammation of the meninges.
What is meningitis?
What is a teratogen?
Space between the pia mater and the arachnoid membrane.
What is the epidural space?