Question | Answer |
____behavior such as self-induced vomiting or use of laxatives | Purge |
____is a condition of drowsiness | Lethargy |
____means eating an excessive amount of food | Binge |
____is a structure of the brain that processes and stores memory | Hippocampus |
____means excessive thirst | Polydipsia |
____is false beliefs | Delusions |
____is an inflammation of the brain and meninges | Encephalitis |
____is disturbances in perception | Hallucinations |
____is female hormones | Estrogen |
____are the clouding of the lens of the eye | Cataracts |
____is the term for excessive circulation of calcium in the blood stream | Hypercalcemia |
____is the medical term for "crossed-eyes" | Strabismus |
An____is a weakened area in the vascular walls | Aneurysm |
____causes contraction of smooth muscle in the uterus, initiates milk secretion and strengthens contractions during labor | Oxytocin |
____is an accute inflammation of nerve cells and is caused by the chicken pox virus and is also called herpes zoster | Shingles |
Acromegaly results from hyperactivity of the____ | anterior pituitary |
This hormone increases the blood calcium level____ | parathormone |
Hypoglycemia is a sign of____ | Addison's disease |
The trunk is obese in____ | Cushing's disease |
A deficiency of ADH is the cause of____ | Diabetes insipidus |
Which disease is associated with hyper secretion of thyroxine? | Grave's disease |
Which gland secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine? | Adrenal gland |
A deficiency in corticosteroids is associated with what disease? | Addison's disease |
A person in insulin shock should recieve____ | glucose |
Iodine is required for the body to make____ | thyroxine |
T/F Rabies is caused by a virus. | True |
Epilepsy can be caused by____ | birth trama, injury to the brain and a penetrating wound |
What does the brain stem control? | heart rate and breathing |
What is meningitis? | acute inflammation of the first two meninges of the brain and spinal cord, the pia mater and the arachnoid |
T/F Polio is caused by a virus. | True |
What causes MS? | damage to the myelin sheath; chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system with myelin destruction |
Within 3 or 4 hours, what clot-buster may be used to treat a CVA? | TPA |
Petit mal is a mild form of____ | epilepsy |
What is the lesion in Parkinson's disease? | no dopamine |
What is conjunctivitis? | inflammation of the superficial covering of the visible sclera and the inner lining of the eyelids (blood shot red eye and yellowish mass near the medial of the eye) |
Reforms in the treatment of the mentally ill started after the French Revolution with an Austrian physician named____ | Franz Mesmer |
Psychiatirc diagnoses are catedgorized in a book named the____ | DSM |
What neurotransmitter is implicated in schizophrenia, depression and ADHD? | dopamine |
T/F ADHD is limited to children | False |
What is acetylcholine? | medication that is effective in improving the memory in people with alzheimer's disease |
What is the name of the delusion that one is being watched and punished? | persecutory |
Periods of intense mania nad depression that last for several weeks is also known as____ | Bipolar I |
Binge eating followed by purging behavior such as self-induced vomiting most commonly occurs in____ | Bulimia Nervosa |
Adults with bipolar illness may be treated with what type of medication? | stimulant medications |
Anxious, irrational thoughts and images are also called____ | obsessions |