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CHAPTER 9 ABBREV.
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CHAPTER 9 - ABBREVIATIONS
Question | Answer |
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ALS | AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS(DEATH OF ANERVE CELLS IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD RESULT IN MUSCULAR DEGENERATION. tYPICALLY FATAL WITHIN 3 TO 5 YEARS) ALSO KNOWN AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE |
BBB | BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER |
CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
CSF | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
CTS | CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ( PRESSURE ON A NERVE IN THE LOWER FOREARM NEAR THE WRIST RESULTS IN PAIN AND DISUSE OF THE HAND) |
CT | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY |
HNP | HERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS |
LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE |
MRI | MAGNETIC RENONANCE IMAGING |
MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
PET | POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY ( A TYPE OF RADIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE) |
PNS | PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |