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The Nervous System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gnosi/o | to know |
| delirium | brief loss of mental function |
| myoclonus | muscle twitching |
| monoparesis | partial paralysis of one limb |
| monoplegia | paralysis of one limb |
| causalgia | painful sensation of burning |
| echoencephalography | procedure used to examine the brain using sound waves |
| electroencephalography (EEG) | procedure used to examine the electrical activity of the brain |
| myelogram | image of the spinal cord, usually done using x-ray |
| transcranial Doppler sonography | an imaging technique that produces an image of the brain using sound waves sent through the skull |
| atopognosis | inability to locate a sensation |
| neuroglycopenia | deficiency of sugar that interferes with normal brain activity |
| nystagmus | involuntary back and forth eye movements |
| prosopagnosia | inability to recognize faces |
| craniostenosis | abnormal narrowing of the skull |
| myelodysplasia | defective formation of the spinal cord |
| poliomyelitis | inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord |