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Chapter Five
The Nervous System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aphasia | inability to speak |
| encephalagia | brain pain |
| cerebral angiography | procedure used to examine blood vessels in the brain |
| nystagmus | involuntary back and forth eye movements |
| encephalopyosis | a pus-filled abscess in the brain |
| hypnotic | a drug that aids sleeep |
| endovascular neurosurgery | surgery on the nervous system performed by entering the body through blood vessels |
| LOC | level of consciousness |
| EMG | electromyogram |
| ischemic stroke | a stroke where the blood loss is caused by a blockage |