Parts of the Nerve
The long fiber that carries the nerve impulse.
What is the the axon?
This neurological test is done to diagnose or rule out a problem in the brain.
What is a brain scan? (CT and MRI also accepted)
The part of the nervous system that contains the brain and the spinal cord and is located in the middle of the body.
What is the Central Nervous System?
A doctor who is an expert in the nervous system and who can diagnosis problems with the nervous system
What is a neurologist?
The branching filaments that conduct nerve impulses towards the cell.
What are dendrites?
This neurological test checks for infections, problems with the myelin sheath, and problems with neurotransmitters.
What is a spinal tap or CSF?
An individual, single nerve cell
What is a neuron?
A medical doctor who is trained to read and interpret medical images such as X-rays, CT scans, and MRI's
What is a radiologist?
The fatty substance that helps speed up the passage of nerve impulses.
What is the myelin sheath?
This neurological test checks vision, hearing, speech, strength, sensation, balance, coordination, reflexes and the ability to think and remember.
What is a Neurological Exam?
The part of the nerves system that contains the sensory and motor neurons or nerves.
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
An area on the brain that has suffered damage from an injury or a disease
The chemical secreted into the gap between neurons.
This neurological test can identify nerve damage by measuring how fast an electrical signal moves through a nerve.
What is the Nerve Conduction Velocity Test?
The nerve cell that receives the stimuli input from the environment through one of the five senses
What is the sensory neuron?
Diseases of the brain, spine and nerves
What are neurological disorders?
The connection between neuron.
What is the synapse?
This neurological test can identify nerve damage by measuring electrical activity in the muscles.
What is an EMG test?
The nerve cell that sends signals from the brain to the muscles so you body can act.
What is a motor neuron?
Abnormal growth of tissue which can be cancerous or noncancerous.
What is a tumor?