Nervous System
Brain
Mental Illness
Spinal Cord
Endocrine System
100
infection by pyogenic microbes causes a(n)
What is an abscess?
100
exophthalmos
What is bulging of the eyes?
100
Adenoma
What is cancer of gland tissue?
100
Name the three layers of the spinal cord
What is pia, arachnoid, and dura matter?
100
Can develop in diabetics if they do not eat enough food or exercise excessively
What is insulin shock?
200
autoimmune condition which generates too much thyroxine causing bulging eyes and strained facial expression
What is Graves' Disease?
200
hormone causes liver for release of sugar
What is glucagon?
200
DAILY DOUBLE: hypersecretion of growth hormone prior to puberty
What is giantism?
200
Spinal and cranial nerves are part of the_______
What is the peripheral nervous system?
200
Master gland, or ___________, controlled by _________
What is pituitary and hypothalamus?
300
Parts of a neuron
What is cell body, dendrites and axon?
300
______diseases in the brain result from microbes having an affinity for the brain
What is neurotropic?
300
chemical deficient in Parkinson's disease
What is dopamine?
300
DAILY DOUBLE: __________ is an acute inflammation of nerve cells caused by _______ virus, herpes zoster
What is Shingles and chicken pox virus?
300
brief periods of reduced blood flow in a cerebral artery cause _________
What is TIA?
400
________ develops if the beta cells in the ________ are destroyed
What is IDDM and pancreas?
400
ACTH is secreted from _______
What is adrenal gland?
400
Accumulation of ____________ fluid enlarges ventricles of the brain and causes ___________
What is cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephaly?
400
Lack of ________ in infants causes dwarfed growth and mental retardation
What is thyroxine?
400
hormone responsible for salt reabsorption
What is aldosterone?
500
Caused by Neisseria and is contagious
What is meningitis?
500
DAILY DOUBLE: Excess of ___________ causes high levels of calcium in the blood
What is calcium?
500
psychology
What is discipline that studies normal and abnormal behavior using counseling methods?
500
Hemorrhage in the brain causes ______
What is CVA?
500
____________ are highly malignant and rapidly growing tumors in the brain
What is glioblastomas?
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