Chapter 10 Combining Forms And Patho

Question 1

Cerebell/o

Answer 1

Cerebellum

Question 2

Cerebr/0

Answer 2

Cerebrum

Question 3

Dur/o

Answer 3

Dura mater

Question 4

Encephal/o

Answer 4

Brain

Question 5

Gli/o

Answer 5

Glial cells

Question 6

Lept/0

Answer 6

Thin, slender

Question 7

Mening/o or meningi/o

Answer 7

Membranes or meninges

Question 8

My/o

Answer 8

Muscle

Question 9

Myel/o

Answer 9

Spinal cord

Question 10

Neur/0

Answer 10

Nerve

Question 11

Pont/o

Answer 11

Pons

Question 12

Radicul/o

Answer 12

Nerve root

Question 13

Thalam/o

Answer 13

Thalamus

Question 14

Thec/o

Answer 14

Sheath (of meninges)

Question 15

Vag/o

Answer 15

Vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

Question 16

Alges/0 or -algesia

Answer 16

Excessive sensitivity to pain

Question 17

-Algia

Answer 17

Pain

Question 18

Caus/o

Answer 18

Burning

Question 19

Comat/o

Answer 19

Deep sleep (coma)

Question 20

Esthesi/o or -esthesia

Answer 20

Feeling, nervous sensation

Question 21

Kines/o or kinesi/o, -kinesis or -kinetic

Answer 21

Movement

Question 22

-Lepsy

Answer 22

Seizure

Question 23

Lex/0

Answer 23

Word or phrase

Question 24

-Paresis

Answer 24

Weakness

Question 25

-Phasia

Answer 25

Speech

Question 26

-Plegia

Answer 26

Paralysis or loss/impairment of ability to move parts of the body

Question 27

-Praxia

Answer 27

Action

Question 28

-sthenia

Answer 28

Strength

Question 29

Syncop/o

Answer 29

To cut off or cut snort

Question 30

Syncope

Answer 30

Fainting due to sudden and temporary loss of consciousness due to inadequate flow of blood to the brain

Question 31

Tax/o

Answer 31

Order or coordination

Question 32

Hydrocephalus

Answer 32

Abnormal accumulation of CSF in the brain

Question 33

Spina bifida

Answer 33

Congenital defects in the lumbar spinal column caused by imperfect union of vertebral parts, there are varying degrees

Question 34

Alzheimer disease (AD)

Answer 34

Brain disorder with progressive mental deterioration, personality changes, and impairment of daily functioning

Question 35

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Lou Gehrig disease)

Answer 35

Degenerative disorder of the motor neurons and affects the spinal cord and brainstem.

Question 36

Epilepsy

Answer 36

Chronic brain disorder of recurrent seizure activity

Question 37

Tonic-clonic seizures or Grand mal seizures

Answer 37

Severe type of epilepsy with sudden loss of consciousness

Question 38

Absence seizures

Answer 38

Cloudiness, momentary loss of where they are

Question 39

Huntington disease

Answer 39

Hereditary disorder of degenerative changes in the cerebrum leading to abrupt involuntary movements and mental deterioration (jerky movements of extremities)

Question 40

Multiple sclerosis (MS)

Answer 40

Destruction of the myelin sheath on neurons in the CNS and its replaced by plaques of sclerotic tissue. Occurs in young people

Question 41

Myasthenia Gravis (MG)

Answer 41

Autoimmune disease that affects the nervous system and muscles. Neuromuscular disease that results in weakness of voluntary muscles. Chronic disease with some treatment

Question 42

Cerebral palsy

Answer 42

Partial paralysis, lack of muscular coordination due to iOSs of oxygenated blood getting to brain

Question 43

Bell palsy

Answer 43

Less severe type of palsy, paralysis on 1 side of face has treatment

Question 45

Parkinson disease

Answer 45

Degeneration of neurons in the basal ganglia leading to tremors, weakness of muscles and slowness of movement

Question 46

Tourette syndrome

Answer 46

Involuntary spasmodic twitching movements; uncontrollable vocal sounds and inappropriate words

Question 47

Herpes zoster (shingles)

Answer 47

Viral infection affecting peripheral nerves. Blisters and pain spread along peripheral nerves and caused by inflammation due to herpesvirus (same that causes chickenpox)

Question 48

Meningitis (leptomeningitis)

Answer 48

Inflammation of the meninges. Can be caused by bacteria or viruses

Question 49

Human immunodeficiency Virus Encephalopathy (HIV Encephalopathy)

Answer 49

When a patient who has AIDS develops brain disease and dementia (encephalopathy part)

Question 50

Neoplastic

Answer 50

New growth

Question 51

Cerebral concussions

Answer 51

Type of traumatic brain injury caused by blow by head

Question 52

Cerebral contusions

Answer 52

Bruising of the brain tissue from direct trauma to head

Question 53

Coma

Answer 53

Loss of consciousness (can be reversible or not)

Question 54

Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)

Answer 54

Disruption in the normal blood supply to the brain; stroke

Question 55

Thrombus stroke

Answer 55

Caused by plaques that occlude the cerebral arteries

Question 56

Embolic stroke

Answer 56

A floating clot that occludes a small vessel in brain

Question 57

Hemorrhagic stroke

Answer 57

Blood vessel, such as cerebral artery, breaks and bleeding occurs

Question 58

Migraine

Answer 58

Severe returning unilateral vascular headache

Question 59

Aneurysm

Answer 59

Enlarged, weakened area in an arterial wall which can rupture leading to hemorrhagic CVA

Question 60

Embolus

Answer 60

Clot of material that travels through bloodstream and blocks a vessel

Question 61

Gait

Answer 61

Manner of walking

Question 62

Ictal Event

Answer 62

Pertaining to a sudden acute onset as with the convulsions of an epileptic seizure

Question 63

Palliative

Answer 63

Relieving patient's symptoms but not curing the patient

Question 64

TIA

Answer 64

Transient ischemic attack