Terminology
Outer region of the cerebrum containing sheets of nerve cells
Cerebral cortex
Responsible for thinking, personality, sensations, movement and memory
Cerebrum
Insulates the axon and speeds transmission of the electrical impulse
Myelin sheath
Paralysis (partial or complete loss of motor function)
Palsy
MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Difficulty with speech
Aphasia
The relay station
Thalamus
Carries the impulse away from the cell body
Axon
Narcolepsy
Uncontrollable compulsion to sleep
Encephalography
Recording of the electrical activity of the brain
Reading disorder
Dyslexia
Responsible for coordination of voluntary movements and balance
Cerebellum
Ganglia
Destruction of the myelin sheath on neurons in the CNS and its replacement by plaques of sclerotic (hard) tissue
Multiple Sclerosis
Doppler ultrasound
Sound waves to detect blood flow in the carotid and intracranial arteries
Nervous exhaustion and fatigue
neurasthenia
Responsible for body temperature, sleep, appetite and emotions
Hypothalamus
Branching fibers of the neuron
dendrites
Severe burning pain due to nerve injury
Causalgia
CSF analysis
Cerebrospinal fluid analysis
Pertaining to the meninges
Meningeal
Control center to regulate heart rate, blood vessels and respiratory system
Medulla oblongata
An individual nerve cell
Neuron
Involuntary spasmodic, twitching movements, uncontrollable vocal sounds, and inappropriate words
Tourette syndrome
Lumbar puncture
CSF is withdraw from between two lumbar vertebrae for analysis