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Anatomy I
Anatomy II
Pathology I
Pathology II
Tests and Patholgy
100
Part of the nerve that first receives the nervous impulse
What is the dendrite?
100

Junction between nerve cells

What is the synapse?

100
Burning sensation of pain
What is causalgia?
100
Paralysis of four extremities
What is quadriplegia?
100

This test for TOS is not intended to "deceive anyone"

What is the Roos test?

200
Part of the brain responsible for coordinating muscle movements and maintaining balance.
What is the cerebellum?
200

part of the brain that controls involuntary breathing and heartbeat, and the size of blood vessels, or the reason alligators are mean.

What is the medulla oblongata?

200
Inability to speak
What is aphasia?
200
Congenital defects in the lumbar spinal column
What is spina bifida?
200
Shuffling gait is a symptom of this disease
What is Parkinson's disease?
300
A network of interlacing nerve fibres in the PNS
What is a plexus?
300
Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord
What is the cauda equina?
300
Collection of blood within the meningeal layers
What is a subdural hematoma?
300
Condition of no nervous sensation
What is anesthesia?
300
Disorder of reading, writing and learning
What is dyslexia?
400
Portion of the brain that controls the pituitary gland, water balance and body temperature
What is the hypothalamus?
400
Thick outermost layer of the the meninges
What is dura mater?
400
Abnormal sensation of tingling or prickling
What is parasthesia?
400

A form of Spina bifida where the meninges and spinal cord/nerve are found out of the vertebral canal. 

What is meningomyelocele?

400
X-ray image of the spinal cord
What is a myelogram?
500

Home to the nuclei of cranial nerves 5,6,7 & 8

What is the PONS?

500

Carry messages away from the brain and spinal cord

What are efferent nerves?

500
Inflammation of a spinal nerve root
What is radiculitis?
500

An inability to perform rapidly alternating movements

What is a Dysdiadochokinesia?

500

Pulling hard on something to test it's integrity, or a common outcome measure

TUG Test