Nervous System Medical Terminology Term 1
Nervous System Medical Term 2
Nervous System Medical Terminology 3
Nervous System Medical Terminology 4
Nervous System Medical Terminology 5
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head
What is cephal/o
100
inside the head (brain)
What is encephal/o
100
nerve
What is neur/o
100
disease, abnormality
What is pathy
100
hernia
What is cele
200
membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
What is mening/o
200
development, formation, growth
What is plasia
200
spinal cord
What is myel/o
200
difficult, painful, abnormal
What is dys
200
Multiple hard plaques of degeneration of nerve fibers in the central nervous system.
What is multiple sclerosis?
300
a greek word for seizure
What is epilepsy?
300
loss of speech
What is aphasia?
300
stroke
What is Cerebrovascular Accident
300
a short period of insufficient blood supply to the brain
What is Transient Ischemic Attack
300
a physician specializing in diseases of the brain, spinal cord and nerves
What is a neurologist?
400
a physician who performs surgery on the brain, spinal cord and nerves.
What is a neurosurgeon?
400
introducing a radioactive element into the blood to see the brain.
What is a brain scan?
400
A written record of the brain's electrical activity
What is Electroencephalography?
400
Introducing a needle between the lower bony vertebrae of our spinal column to allow a physician to sample the cerebrospinal fluid.
What is Lumbar (spinal) puncture?
400
A specialized X-ray machinge that takes multiple images of a body area from different angles.
What is computed tomography?
500
placing human body in a strong magnetic field to analyze tissue.
What is magnetic resonance imaging?
500
EEG
What is the abreviation for Electroencephalography?
500
CT
What is the abbreviation for Computed Tomography?
500
LP
What is the abbreviation for Lumbar Puncture?
500
MRI
What is the abbreviation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
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