Nervous system plan terms

Question 1

a drug that causes loss of sensation

Answer 1

anesthetic

Question 2

a drug that relieves pain

Answer 2

analgesic

Question 3

a drug that opposes convulsions

Answer 3

anticonvulsant

Question 4

a drug that opposes psychoses

Answer 4

antipsychotic

Question 5

a drug that lessens anxiety

Answer 5

anxiolytic

Question 6

removal of a piece of the skull

Answer 6

craniectomy

Question 7

incision into the skull

Answer 7

craniotomy

Question 8

removal of a nerve

Answer 8

neurectomy

Question 9

destruction of nerve tissue

Answer 9

neurolysis

Question 10

reconstruction of.a nerve

Answer 10

neuroplasty

Question 11

suturing of a nerve (often the severed ends of a nerve)

Answer 11

neurorrhaphy