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Purple Module
Nervous System Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A disorder characterized by seizures | epilepsy |
| Abnormal, deep unconsciousness | coma |
| Abnormally small head | microcephaly |
| All-consuming desire to remain thin | anorexia nervosa |
| Binging and purging | bulimia nervosa |
| Brain injury causing transient loss of consciousness | concussion |
| Cavity of an organ | ventricle |
| Circular opening made in the skull to relieve ICP | trephination |
| Conveys impulses for voluntary functions | somatic nervous system (SNS) |
| Conveys impulses to glands, smooth muscles and cardiac muscles | autonomic nervous system (ANS) |
| Depress CNC functions to induce sleep | hypnotics |
| Disease of the myelin sheath | multiple sclerosis (MS) |
| Disease of the spinal cord | myelopathy |
| Functions include sensory perception and interpretation, muscular movement and emotional aspects of behaviour and memory | cerebrum |
| Inability to comprehend auditory, visual, spatial, olfactory and other sensations | agnosia |
| Inability to move or talk | catatonic |
| Inability to speak | aphasia |
| Incision into the skull | crainiotomy |
| Includes all nervous tissue of the body found outside the CNS | peripheral nervous system (PNS) |
| Inflammation of the brain | encephalitis |
| Innermost membrane of the the brain and spinal cord | pia mater |
| Involuntary tremble or shake | tremor |
| Involuntary, spasmodic muscular contractions | tics |
| Lack of muscle coordination | ataxia |
| Lack of response, sluggishness | lethargy |
| Major emotional disorder | psychosis |
| Measurs the speed impulses travel through a nerve | nerve conduction velocity (NCV) |
| Middle layer covering the brain and spinal cord | arachnoid membrane |
| Moves away from a central nervous system | efferent |
| Moves toward a central nervous system | afferent |
| Needle puncture of the spinal cavity | lumbar puncture (LP) |
| Network of nervous tissue found in the brain and spinal cord | central nervous system (CNS) |
| Nonpsychotic mental illness | neurosis |
| Occurring without a known cause | idopathic |
| Outer most layer covering the brain and spinal cord | dura mater |
| Pain in the spinal cord | myelalgia |
| Painful, acute infectious disease; aka shingles | herpes zoster |
| Poor development | dystrophy |
| Premonitory awareness of an approaching physical or mental disorder | aura |
| Produce a loss of sensation | anesthesia |
| Psychological "worry" disorder | anxiety |
| Records electrical activity of the brain patterns | electroencephalography (EEG) |
| Refines muscular movement; aids in equilibrium | cerebellum |
| Releive pain | analgesics |
| Sudden and violent contraction of the muscles | convulsion |
| The functional cell of the nervous system | neuron |
| Three membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord | meninges |
| Transmits impulses across the synapse | neurotransmitter |
| Weakness or debility | asthenia |
| What fat-like sheath | myelin sheath |
| List the three major structures of neurons | -cell body -dendrites -axons |
| Which section of the cerebrum can only be seen on dissection | insula |
| What are the four major structures of the brain | -cerebrum -cerebellum -diencephalon -brainstem |
| What are the four major types of neuroglia | -astrocytes -oligodendrocytes -microglia -ependyma |
| What is the function of the hypothalamus | regulates activities of the ANS |
| Describe the spinal cord | -transmits sensory impulses -composed of inner-gray/outer-white -located in the spinal cavity |
| What are the two types or nerve cells found in the nervous system | neurons and neuroglia |
| What are the three types of neurosis | -phobia -hysteria -OCD |
| What does the CNS consist of | brain and spinal cord |
| What is Alzheimer's disease | -a progressive neurological disorder -serious mental deterioration |
| What is CSF | -colourless, shock-absorbing fluid -circulating around brain and spinal cord |
| What is Parkinson disease | -aka shaky palsy -progressive neurological disorder -responsible for controlling movement |
| What is the brainstem composed of | -midbrain -medulla -pons "bridge" |
| What is the function of the pons | act as a bridge connecting the midbrain to the medulla |
| What is the function of the thalmus | receives all sensory stimuli except olfactory (sense of smell) |
| AD | Alzheimer's disease |
| ADHD | attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| ASAP | as soon as possible |
| BEAM | brain electrical activity mappine |
| C1 | first cervical vertebra |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CTA | computed tomography angiogram |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident (stroke) |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| EMG | electromyography |
| ICP | intracranial pressure |
| L3 | third lumbar vertebra |
| LOC | loss of consciousness |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MEG | magnetoencephalography |
| MRA | magnetic resonance angiogram |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| NCV | nerve conduction velocity |
| OCD | obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| PNS | parasympathetic nervous system, peripheral nervous system |
| SRS | steriotatic radiosurgery |
| SNS | sympathetic nervous system, somatic nervous system |
| STAT | immediately |
| T12 | 12th thoracic vertebra |
| TIA | transcient ischemic attack |
| US | ultrasound, ultrasonography |
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