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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 |
| Conveys impulses to glands, smooth muscles and cardiac muscles | autonomic nervous system |
| Depress CNS functions to induce sleep | hypnotics |
| Disease of the myelin sheath | multiple sclerosis |
| Disease of the spinal cord | myelopathy |
| Functions include sensory perception and interpretation, muscular movement and emotional aspects of behaviour and memor | 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 | craniotomy |
| Includes all nervous tissue of the body found outside the CNS | .peripheral nervous system |
| Inflammation of the brain | encephalitis |
| Innermost membrane of 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 |
| Measures the speed impulses travel through a nerve | nerve conduction velocity |
| Middle layer covering the brain and spinal cord | arachnoid membrane |
| efferent | Moves away from a central structure |
| Moves toward a central structure | afferent |
| Needle puncture of the spinal cavity | lumbar puncture |
| Network of nervous tissue found in the brain and spinal cord | central nervous system |
| Nonpsychotic mental illness | neurosis |
| Occurring without a known cause | idiopathic |
| Outermost 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 | anesthetic |
| Psychological “worry” disorder | anxiety |
| Records electrical activity of brain patterns | electroencephalography |
| Refines muscular movement; aids in equilibrium | cerebellum |
| Relieve pain | analgesic |
| 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 synapses | neurotransmitter |
| Weakness or debility | asthenia |
| White fat-like sheath | myelin |
| 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 autonomic nervous system |
| Describe the spinal cord? | Transmits sensory impulses Composed of an inner gray matter/outer white matter Located in the spinal cavity |
| What are the two types of nerve cells found in the nervous system? | Neurons Neuroglia |
| What are three types of neurosis? | Phobia Hysteria Obsessive compulsive disorder |
| What does the central nervous system consist of? | Brain Spinal cord |
| What is Alzheimer’s disease? | Progressive neurological disorder that causes memory loss and serious mental deterioration |
| What is cerebrospinal fluid? | Colourless, shock-absorbing fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord |
| What is Parkinson disease? | Progressive neurological disorder affecting the portion of the brain responsible for controlling movement |
| What is the brainstem composed of? | Midbrain Medulla Pons |
| What is the function of the pons? | Acts as a bridge connecting the midbrain to the medulla |
| What is the function of the thalamus? | Receives all sensory stimuli except olfactory |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ADHD | attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder(book)/attention-deficithyperactivity (Tabers) |
| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| ANS | autonomic nervous system |
| ASAP | as soon as possible |
| BEAM | brain electrical activity mapping |
| C1 | first cervical vertebra |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CTA | computed tomography angiogram |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| EMG | electromyography |
| ICP | intracranial pressure |
| L3 | third lumbar vertebra |
| LOC | loss of consciousness |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MEG | magnetoencephalography |
| MRA | magnetic resonance angiogram (graphy) |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MS | multiple sclerosis |
| MSI | magnetic source imaging |
| NCV | nerve conduction velocity |
| OCD | obsessive compulsive disorder |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system/parasympathetic nervous system |
| SNS | somatic nervous system/sympathetic nervous system |
| SRS | stereotactic radiosurgery |
| STAT | immediately |
| T12 | twelfth thoracic vertebra |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| US | ultrasound |
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