Term | Definition |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
encephal/o | brain |
medull/o | medulla oblongata |
myel/o | spinal cord |
neur/o | nerve |
cerebellum | lower back part of brain |
controls breathing and heart beat | medulla oblongata |
medulla oblongata | lower part of brain near spinal cord |
controls coordination & balance | cerebellum |
spinal cord | collection of nerves within spinal cavity,
surrounded by backbones |
cerebrum | largest part of brain |
controls movement, thoughts reasoning, vision, hearing & speech | cerebrum |
myelitis | infl. spinal cord |
cerebral | pert. to largest part of brain |
medullary | pert. loweer part of brain closest to spinal cord |
encephalitis | infl. of brain |
neuropathy | disease of nerve |
cerebellar | pert. to posterior portion of the brain |
controls equilibrum | cerebellum |
cerebrovascular accident | damage to blood vessel in brain. - Stroke |
multiple sclerosis | destruction of myelin sheath around nerve cells in the CNS |
concussion | blunt injury to brain loss of consciousness |
syncope | fainting |
epilepsy | chronic brain disorder with seizure activity |
meningitis | infl. membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord |
glioblastoma | malignant tumor of the brain |
paraplegia | paralysis of the lower portion of body |
hemiplegia | paralysis one side of body |
Alzheimer disease | brain disorder marked by deterioration in mental activity |
dementia | severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain. |
lumbar puncture | remove cerebrospinal fluid |
CSF analysis | chemical test cell counts, culture and smears of fluid surounding brain and spinal cord |
cerebral angiography | x-ray image of blood vessels in the brain |
PET scan | uptake of radioactive material in brain shows brain uses glucose |
stereotactic radiosurgery | gamma knife destroy brain tissue |
TENS | for stimulation to nerves, acute chronic pain |
pons | Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum. |
cauda equina | The bundle of spinal nerve roots running through the lower part of the subarachnoid space within the vertebral canal below the first lumbar vertebra. |
cervical nerves | neck nerves 1-8 |
thoracic nerves | chest nerves 1-12 |
lumbar nerves | loin nerves 1-5 |
sacral nerves | sacrum nerves 1-5 |
coccygeal nerves | tail-bone nerve |
CNS | central nervous system |
PET | positron emission tomography |
ischemia | local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow. |
glioblastoma | Immature tumor (cells) of the supportive CNS tissue |