PNS
Neuro Disorders
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Neuro Disorders 2
Neuro Disorders 3
Ear
100
The nerves that connect to the brain.
What are the cranial nerves?
100
Disease known for causing dementia.
What is Alzheimers?
100
The diease that occurs in newborns because their mothers drank alcohol while pregnant.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
100
A severe brain injury that causes long term neurological symptoms.
What is a traumatic brain injury?
100
Another name for the middle cavity of the ear.
What is the tympanic cavity?
200
Nerves that originate from the spinal column.
What are the spinal nerves?
200
Disease where spinal cord grows outside the spinal column in utero.
What is spina bifida?
200
The disease that causes patients to fall asleep without warning.
What is narcolepsy?
200
Chronic headaches.
What are migraines?
200
The region of the ear that also helps with balance.
What is internal (inner) ear?
300
The nervous system that is activated during times of stress.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
300
A brain bruise, happens often in sports.
What is a concussion?
300
An infection of the coverings of your brain and spinal cord.
What is meningitis?
300
Progressive neurological disorder that's main symptoms are tremors.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
300
the auditory canal ends at this membrane
What is the tympanic membrane?
400
The nervous system that helps bring vital signs back to normal.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
400
Disease characterized by frequent seizures.
What is epilepsy?
400
A tumor that originates in the glial cells.
What is a glioblastoma?
400
The inability move your arms and legs due to a spinal cord injury.
What is quadriplegia?
400
Small bones in the middle ear that help transmit and applify sound waves.
What are the ossicles?
500
The number of cranial and spinal nerve pairs.
What is 12 & 31?
500
Disease characterized by muscle weakness in children. Often occurs because of trauma during birth.
What is cerebral palsy?
500
A genetic disease that causes progressive muscle weakness, usually diagnosed between 40-60 years of age.
What is Huntington's Disease?
500
A disease where the immune system attacks and destroys the myelin on the neuron causing decreased ability to create movement.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
500
The main structure in the inner ear that enables one to hear.
What is the cochlea?
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