lcc ch 10 meda 102 Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Term | Definition |
cerebr/o | largest parts of brain |
encephal/o | entire brain |
esthesi/o | sensation |
gangli/o | ganglion (knot) |
gnos/o | knowing |
somn/i | sleep |
somn/o | sleep |
lex/o | word or phrase |
phas/o | speech |
somat/o | body |
tax/o | order or cordination |
thalam/o | thalamus (a room) |
-asthenia | weakness |
-mania | condition of abnormal impulse toward |
frontal lobe | responsible for personality |
temporal lobe | responsible for hearing, taste, and smell |
thalamus (diencephalon) | relay sensory for infor to cortext |
cerebellum | control and cordination of skeletal muscles |
brainstem | responsible for breathing, heart rate, and body temperature |
meninges | three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord |
spinal nerves | 31 pairs of nerves arising from the spinal cord |
motor nerves | nerves that conduct motor impulses from the brain to muscles and glands |
aphasia | condition without speech |
dysphasia | difficulty speaking |
coma | decreased consciousness |
delirium | state of mental confusion due to disturbances in cerebral function |
motor dificit | loss or impairment of muscle function |
neuralgia | pain along the course of a nerve |
hemiparesis | partial paralysis of the right or left half of the body |
syncope | fainting |
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Lou Gehrig disease |
Alzheimer disease | irreversible deterioration |
cerebral palsy | damage to the cerebrum during development or injury at birth |
verbrovascular accident stroke | damage to the brain caused be cerebrovascular disease |
transient ischemic attack | often precedes a CVA |
epilepsy | disorder affecting the cetral nervous system characterized by recurrent seizures |
tonic-clonic | previously termed grand mal (big bad) seizure |
herpe zoster | viral disease affecting the peripheral nerves. also know as shingles |
hydrocephalus hydrocephaly | anoral accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles |
migrain headache | accompanied by disordered vision, nausea, and/or vomiting |
multiple sclerosis | characterized by the demyelination |
Parkinson disease | tremor, rigidity of muscles, and slow movemets usually occurring later in life. |
Created by:
bblodgett
Popular Medical sets