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Ch.5 5.4 Fill In The Blanks

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In each blank, try to type in the word that is missing. If you've typed in the correct word, the blank will turn green.

If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed.

When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on.
Term: cerebrovascular (CVA)Definition: an accident involving the blood of the brain
Term: Definition: loss of brain function by interruption of flow/supply to the brain
Term: strokeDefinition: a where blood loss is caused by the rupture of a blood vessel
Term: ischemic Definition: a where the blood loss is caused by a blockage
Term: ischemic attack (TIA) Definition: a "mini stroke" caused by the blockage of a blood vessel which within 24 hours
Term: cerebrovascular Definition: a disease of the vessels of the brain
Term: cerebral Definition: the widening or abnormal dilating of a blood in the brain
Term: athrosclerosisDefinition: the hardening of an artery in the brain caused by of fatty plaque
Term: cerebral Definition: the hardening of an in the brain
Term: cerebral Definition: the of a blood vessel in the brain caused by foreign object (embolus) such a a fat or bacteria
Term: thrombsisDefinition: blockage of a blood vessel in the brain by a clot
Term: craniomalaciaDefinition: abnormal of the skull
Term: Definition: abnormal hardening the of
Term: Definition: abnormal narrowing of the
Term: Definition: abnormal accumulation of spinal in the brain
Term: astrocytomaDefinition: a tumor arising from gialcells
Term: Definition: tumor
Term: Definition: a tumor arising from astrocyte glioblast cells
Term: Definition: of the meninges
Term: Definition: inflammation of the
Term: cerebromeningitisDefinition: of the brain and meninges
Term: encephalitisDefinition: inflammation of the
Term: Definition: inflammation of the and spinal cord
Term: Definition: of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves
Term: encephalopathyDefinition: disease of the
Term: Definition: a pus filled abscess in the
Term: Definition: of the ganglion
Term: hemorrhageDefinition: excessive bleeding inside the
Term: Definition: disease of the
Term: Definition: of the meninges
Term: Definition: of the meninges and brain
Term: Definition: inflammation of the spinal
Term: myelodsplasiaDefinition: defective formation of the cord
Term: Definition: cord disease
Term: Definition: of the joint associated with nerves
Term: neuroencephalomyelopathyDefinition: disease of the nerves, , and spinal cord.
Term: neuropathyDefinition: disease of the system
Term: poliomyelitisDefinition: inflammation of the gray of the spinal cord
Term: Definition: disease multiple nerves
 
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