Nervous System 1
Pertaining to the cerebrum.
What is the CEREBRAL?
Pain in the head also called headache
What is CEPHALGIA?
A diagnotic procedure performed by insertion of a needle into the subarachnoid space
What is a LUMBAR PUNCTURE (LP)?
Interruption of blood supply to a region of the brain.
What is STROKE?
A sudden, abnormal surge of electrical activity in the brain.
What is a SEIZURE?
A condition of paralysis of half (of the body).
What is HEMIPLEGIA?
Inflammation of the meninges
What is the MENINGITIS?
What is ENCEPHALITIS?
A physician who studies and treat diseases of the nervous system.
What is NEUROLOGIST?
Pertaining to the nerves
What is NEURAL?
An abnormal condition of a blood clot in the cerebrum.
What is a CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS?
An instrument used to record electrical activity of the brain.
What is a ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH?
Inflammation of many joints
What is POLYARTHRITIS?
Hernia of the meninges.
What is MENINGOCELE?
An abnormal condition of the mind.
What is PSYCHOSIS?
Radiographic imaging of the blood vessels of the cerebrum
What is a CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY?
The process of recording the electrical activity of the brain.
What is an ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY?
Disease of the nerves.
What is NEUROPATHY?
Pain in many muscles.
What is POLYMYALGIA?
Tumor of the meninges.
What is MENIGIOMA?
Inflamation of the meninges and the spinal cord
What is MENINGOMYELITIS?
Inflammation of many nerves.
What is POLYNEURITIS?
small head
What is MICROCEPHALUS?
Condition of paralysis of four limbs.
What is QUADRIPLEGIA?
Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord.
What is POLIOMYELITIS?