The nerves that prepare the body for emergencies and stress as part of the fight-or-flight response.
What are sympathetic nerves?
100
Term referring to a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating chemical dependencies, emotional problems, and mental illness.
What is a psychiatrist?
100
Part of the brain that is responsible for the highest level of thought.
What is the cerebrum?
100
Medication that depresses the central nervous system to produce calm and diminished responsiveness without causing sleep.
What is a sedative?
100
Surgically suturing together the ends of a severed nerve.
What is a neurorrhaphy?
200
An unresponsive state from which a person can be aroused only briefly despite vigorous, repeated attempts is known as this.
What is stupor?
200
Disorder characterized by chronic, excessive worrying.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
200
The 12 pairs of these originate from the undersurface of the brain.
What are cranial nerves?
200
A medication administered to temporarily relieve anxiety and reduce tension.
What is an anxiolytic drug?
200
Term referring to the temporary interruption of blood supply to the brain.
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
300
Condition previously known as multiple personality disorder.
What is dissassociative identity disorder?
300
Condition known as a "pinched nerve".
What is radiculitis?
300
Two of these are connected at the lower midpoint by the corpus callosum.
What are the cerebral hemispheres?
300
A type of radiation treatment for brain tumors performed without knife or incision is known as this.
What Gamma knife surgery?
300
A petit mal seizure is this type of seizure.
What is an absence seizure?
400
Chronic pattern of inner experience and behavior that causes serious problems with relationships and work.
What is a personality disorder?
400
Prolonged or abnormal inability to sleep.
What is insomnia?
400
This is a protective covering made up of glial cells.
What is the myelin sheath?
400
Your patient complains of shooting pains from their TMJ up the side of their head. This nerve is most likely being compressed.
What is the auricolotemporal nerve?
400
Term characterized by the intentional creation of false or grossly exaggerated physical or psychological symptoms in order to gain incentives such as avoiding work.
What is malingering?
500
Type of therapy that focuses on changing thoughts that are affecting a person's emotions and actions.
What is cognitive therapy?
500
Highly contagious viral infection of the brainstem and spinal cord that sometimes leads to paralysis.
What is poliomyelitis?
500
Term describing loss of the ability to speak, write, and/or comprehend the written or spoken word.
What is aphasia?
500
Accidental or intentional use of an illegal drug or prescription medicine in an amount higher than what is safe or normal.
What is a drug overdose?
500
These work by increasing activity in certain areas of the brain to increase concentration and wakefulness.