Anatomy &
Physiology
Pathophysiology
Diseases
Treatments & Medications
Medical Terminology
100
Uncovered cell bodies and dendrites.
What is grey matter?
100
Absence of pain.
What is analgesia?
100
Tumor of the brain or spinal cord, a type of neuroglial cells.
What is astrocytoma?
100
Medication used to provide a calming or relaxed effect.
What is sedative?
100
Transports impulses for sense of smell.
What is olfactory?
200
Protects the spinal cord.
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
200
Define myelitis.
What is the inflammation of the spinal cord.
200
Recurrent disorder of the brain in which seizures and loss of consciousness occur as a result of uncontrolled electrical activity of neurons.
What is epilepsy?
200
Promotes sleep.
What is hypnotic
200
myel/o
What is spinal cord?
300
Five sections of the spine.
What is the cervical thoracic, lumbar vertebrae, saccum, and coccyx?
300
Define neuroma.
What is a nerve tumor or tumor of the connective tissue sheath around a nerve?
300
Chronic organic mental disorder consisting of dementia.
What is Alzheimer disease?
300
used to treat minor to moderate pain without losing consciousness.
What is analgesic?
300
Cephalalgia
What is headache?
400
carries sensory information from sensory receptor to the central nervous system.
What are sensory neurons?
400
Temporary or permanent loss of function or voluntary movement.
What is paralysis?
400
Eruption of blisters of the body along the nerve path.
What is shingles?
400
Used to treat Parkinson's disease and may either increase or replace dopamine.
What is dopaminergic drugs?
400
Forms tough fibrous sac around the CNS.
What is dura mater?
500
Four sections of the brain.
What are cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem, and diencephalon.
500
Mass of blood forming beneath the dura mater if meninges are torn by trauma.
What is subdural hematoma?
500
Non-progressive brain damage caused by a defect, trauma, or oxygen deprivation at birth.
What is cerebral palsy?
500
Reduces excitability of neurons and prevents activity associated with seizures.
What is anticonvulsant?
500
Thin delicate layer attached to pia mater by weblike filaments.
What is arachnoid layer?
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