Part 1
The surgical division/cutting of a nerve
What is a Neurotomy
The class of drugs whose major actions is a calming or depressed effect?
What are barbiturates
The sudden experience of fear in the absence of danger, accompanied by physical symptoms such as heart palpitations, shortness of breath, chest tightness, dizziness, sweating, nausea, feelings of unreality, choking sensations are symptoms of?
What is a panic attack
This is the medical term for a headache.
What is cephalagia
These are two forms of dementia that are most common
What are Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia
A repetitive, involuntary muscle movement usually involving the hand, arms, head, or
face.
What is a tremor?
A CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE CENTRAL NERVOUS DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY FINE MUSCLE, TREMORS, RIGIDITY, AND A SLOW OR SHUFFLING GAIT?
What is Parkinson's disease?
A condition characterized by cycles of severe mood changes shifting between highs and severe lows that affect a person's attitude, energy, and ability to function
What is bipolar disorder?
This is known as a cerebrovascular accident
What is a stroke
This is the sufficient lack of restorative sleep over a cumulative period so as to cause physical or psychiatric symptoms and affect routine performance or tasks.
What is sleep deprivation?
This is known as a brief disturbance in brain function in which there is a loss of awareness often described as a staring episode.
What is an absence seizure?
This is known as an abnormal fear of being in a small or enclosed spaces.
What is claustrophobia?
The process of recording the electrical activity of the brain through the use of electrodes attached to the scalp.
What is electroencephalography?
This is a medical professional who specializes in administering anesthesia but is not a physician.
What is an anesthetist?
This is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating chemical dependencies, emotional problems, and mental illness.
What is a psychiatrist?
These delays are commonly associated with individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
What is speech and language?
A system that consists of 12 nerves that originate from the under surface of the brain.
What are the cranial nerves?
A system organized into two divisions, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
This disorder includes involuntary tics, grunts, and compulsive utterances
that sometimes include obscenities.
What is tourettes?
A group of symptoms leading to a state of confusion that can happen at the end of the day with patients with dementia.
What is sundowning?
This mental health disorder is characterized by frequent episodes of binge eating followed by regurgitation and regret.
What is bulimia nervosa?
This disorder is characterized by an accumuation of belongings in a way that interferes with daily living.
What is hoarding disorder?
This term can mean inflammation of the spinal cord or inflammation of the bone marrow.
What is myelitis?
The intense fear of gaining weight associated with voluntary starvation is known by this name.
What is anorexia nervosa?
The major structures of the nervous system are
What are the nerves, brain, spinal cord, and sensory organs?