Question | Answer |
What involuntary system is part of the peripheral nervous system? | Autonomic |
What carries impulses away from the nervous system to the viscera? | efferent nerves |
How many types of ganglia are there? | 3 |
What are the ganglia that runs along the veretbral column? | vertebral |
What are the ganglia that is lying in front of the vertebral column? | prevertebral |
What are the ganglia that is in the walls of the organs where the nerves terminate? | terminal |
What controls the body's response to feelings? | Sympathetic |
What controls the effects opposite of those caused by the sympathetic system? | Parasympathetic division |
What is another name for parasympathetic division? | craniosacral division |
What is a disease that is sometimes referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease? | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
What is a sac formed by the localized dilation of a blood vessel in the cerebrum? | Cerebral Aneurysm |
What is a sudden interference in brain function caused by an interruption in the blood flow through the blood vessels in the brain? | Cerebral Vascular Accident |
What is inflammation of the brain? | Encephalitis |
What is a general term referring to disease of the brain? | Encephalopathy |
What is a disorder characterized by seizures, convulsions, or temporary loss of consciousness without convulsions? | Epilepsy |
What is violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles? | Convulsions |
What is a short motor, sensory, or autonomic disturbancethat commonly begins in one part of the body? | Focal Seizures |
What is a form of epilepsy in which there is a sudden loss of consciousness followed immediately by generalized convulsions? | Grand Mal Seizures |
What is a form of epilepsy that involves only one half of the body? | Jacksonian Seizure |
What is a form of epileptic seizure with momentary loss of consciousness and only minor muscle movement? | Petit Mal Seizures |
What is increased accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain? | Hydrocephalus |
What is a tumor of meninges? | Meningioma |
What is an inflammation of the meninges? | Meningitis |
What is protrusion of the meninges through an opening in the skull or spinal column? | Meningocele |
What is congenital condition in which the head is very small in comparison to normal size of the body? | Microcephalus |
What is a pain or aching in the head that might be confined to one side of the head? | Migraine Headache |
What is a condition resulting from hardening of many tissue patches in the brain and spinal cord? | Multiple Sclerosis |
What is a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable need to sleep? | narcolepsy |
What is a tumor of the connective tissue of a nerve? | neurofibroma |
What is inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord causing paralysis and muscle atrophy? | poliomyelitis |
What is severe pain in the leg along the course of the sciatic nerve? | sciatica |
What is the opening in the walls of the spinal canal through which part of the spinal cord may protrude? | spina bifida |
What is abnormal flow of blood into the subarachnoid space; sometimes called subarachnoid bleed? | subarachnoid hemorrhage |
What is the presence of a localized collection of blood in the subdural space? | subdural hematoma |
What is a sudden occurrence in which there is decreased blood supply to the brain? | transient ischemic attacks |