Structure and Function
This is also known as a nerve cell.
What is a neuron?
cephal/o
What is the head?
CVA
What is a cerebrovascular accident?
Form of chronic, progressive dementia caused by the atrophy of brain tissue
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
Use of an electromagnetic field and radio waves to create visual images on a computer screen
What is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
This part of the nerve cell sends electrical impulses and transmits signals to other cells.
What is an axon?
myel/o
What is spinal cord or bone marrow?
CSF
What is Cerebrospinal Fluid?
Progressive, degenerative disorder that results in tremors, gait changes, and occasionally dementia
What is Parkinson's Disease?
Study of electrical activity of the brain
What is an electroencephalogram (EEG)?
These two organs make up the central nervous system.
What are the brain and the spinal cord?
neur/o
What is nerve?
ICP
What is intracranial pressure?
Form of facial paralysis, usually unilateral and temporary
What is Bell's Palsy?
Study of the brain and spinal cord using radiology and computer analysis
What is computerized tomography (CT)?
These are the four sections of the spinal cord, in descending order.
What are the cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral sections?
phas/o
What is speech?
TIA
What is a transient ischemic attack?
Damage or death of brain tissue caused by interruption of blood supply due to a clot or vessel rupture
What is a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)?
Produced in the ventricles of the brain, this is a clear, colorless body fluid found in the brain and spinal cord.
What is the cerbrospinal fluid (CSF)?
These two systems are part of the autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary responses.
What are the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?
cerebr/o
What is the cerebellum?
ALS
What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
Term referring to the collection of blood between the dura and the arachnoid layer (middle or second layer) of the meninges.
What is a subdural hematoma?
Occurring in the third section of the spinal cord, this procedure involves a puncture of the subarachnoid layer at the fourth intervertebral space.
What is a lumbar puncture?