Nervous Sys

Question 1

Neur/o

Answer 1

Nerve

Question 2

Cereb(o) cerebri

Answer 2

Cerebrum

Question 3

Crani(o)

Answer 3

Cranium

Question 4

Spin(o)

Answer 4

Spine

Question 5

Sympathetic division

Answer 5

Fight or flight

Question 6

CNS

Answer 6

Central nervous system

Question 7

CSF

Answer 7

Cerebrospinal fluid

Question 8

CVA

Answer 8

Cerebrovascular accident

Question 9

EEG

Answer 9

Electroencephalogram

Question 10

ICP

Answer 10

Intracranial pressure

Question 11

MRI

Answer 11

Magnetic resonance imaging

Question 12

PNS

Answer 12

Peripheral nervous system

Question 13

SCI

Answer 13

Spinal cord injury

Question 14

Adren/o

Answer 14

Adrenal glands

Question 15

Gluc/o

Answer 15

Glucose

Question 16

Which form of imaging has been most useful with evaluating and staging malignancies?

Answer 16

The positron emission tomography (PET)

Question 17

The peripheral nervous system (PNS) includes ______ of cranial nerves that connect the brain directly to the sense organs (eye, ear, nose, and skin), the heart, the lungs and other internal organs.

Answer 17

12 pairs

Question 18

Which of these conditions is the most common form of dementia?

Answer 18

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 19

The main symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are:

Answer 19

muscle rigidity and tremor of the hand

Question 20

Nerve impulses normally travel about ______ miles per hour.

Answer 20

200

Question 21

Which of these is not associated with essential tremor?

Answer 21

hands shaking when at rest

Question 22

A (n) _________ is the minute space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of the next neuron across which an impulse must travel

Answer 22

synapse

Question 23

Sciatica is most common in:

Answer 23

middle aged males

Question 24

Paralyses are divided into what two general groups?

Answer 24

spastic and flaccid

Question 25

Damage to the right side of the brain causes paralysis in the ______ of the body

Answer 25

left side

Question 26

When is multiple sclerosis (MS) usually first diagnosed?

Answer 26

between the ages of 20 and 40

Question 27

What are the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 27

sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 28

The peripheral system also includes ______ pairs of spinal nerves.

Answer 28

31

Question 29

The pia mater, arachnoid, and dura mater make up the:

Answer 29

meninges

Question 30

Which of the following is not found in all nerve cells?

Answer 30

mitochondrion

Question 31

The ____ lobe is associated with vision.

Answer 31

occipital

Question 32

Encephalitis

Answer 32

causes nerve cell destruction

Question 33

What is the most common first symptom of Tourette syndrome?

Answer 33

fascial tic

Question 34

migraines are a form of __ headache

Answer 34

vascular

Question 35

Which of the following is not a form of meningitis?

Answer 35

parasitic

Question 36

All nerve cells have a nucleus, cytoplasm, and a cell membrane. Scattered throughout the cytoplasm are little microscopic granular "dots" called:

Answer 36

nissl bodies

Question 37

when a neuron is stimulated, ions move across the membrane, creating a current that, if large enough, will briefly change the area inside of the neuron to be more positive than the outside area. This state is known as:

Answer 37

action potential

Question 38

Which part of the brain is the reflux center for chewing, tasting, and secreting saliva?

Answer 38

pons

Question 39

A disease condition called _________ results from the effects of the bacterium Clostridium tetani on the nervous and muscular systems.

Answer 39

tetanus

Question 40

Quadriplegia is a permanent form of paralysis.

Answer 40

Which of these statements is correct?