Nervous System Parts
The prefix neuro- indicates
Nerve
Specialist that treats conditions of the brain and spinal cord.
Neurologist
The suffix -ecotmy indicates
removal of
What has hands but cannot clap?
A clock
Your vision is controlled by your occipital lobe which is located where
Back of your brain
Occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts (or ruptures)
Stroke
Neuralgia is a medical term that indicates
Nerve pain
It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?
A keyboard
Part of the brain that controls balance and coordination as well as posture
Cerebellum
A progressive disorder where your brain cell connections and cells degenerate and die
Alzheimer's
The medical term encephalitis indicates
inflammation of the brain
What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
A teapot
Manages immediate, rapid involuntary reflexes like breathing, sneezing, coughing, and blood pressure adjustments.
Medulla Oblongata (Brainstem)
Known as loss of sensory and motor function in all four limbs (arms and legs) and the torso, typically resulting from injury or disease to the cervical spinal cord (neck region).
Quadriplegia
Your vision is controlled by which lobe of your brain
Throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?
Corn on the cob
Three protective membranes (dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater) that surround the brain and spinal cord.
meninges
What is an infection of the bone and bone marrow
Osteomyelitis
A medical test that measures electrical activity in the brain used to diagnose brain disorders. One of the main diagnostic tests for epilepsy.
Electroencephalography
I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
Popcorn