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______________ exposes abnormal tissue to extreme cold and freezing and destroys tissue.
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A&P II Nervous chp 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ______________ exposes abnormal tissue to extreme cold and freezing and destroys tissue. | cryosurgery |
| What procedure is utilized to relieve intractable pain? | thalamotomy |
| This virus is responsible for both the chicken pox and the shingles. | herpes zoster |
| What is another name for a stroke? | cerebrovascular accident |
| This procedure is performed by cutting a circular opening into the skull to reveal brain tissue and decrease intracranial pressure. | trephination |
| What procedure is performed to relieve a peptic ulcer? | vagotomy |
| What is the name of mini-strokes? | transient ischemic attacks |
| ______________ is the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the brain. | hydrocephalus |
| ___________________ is the paralysis on one side of the face likely caused by a virus. | Bell's Palsy |
| A _________________ is the removal of CSF from between two lumbar vertebra for analysis. | lumbar puncture |
| How many cranial nerves are there? | twelve |
| When the both the spinal cord and the meninges protrude outside of the body it is called a ______________________. | myelomeningocele |
| This brain disorder is characterized by gradual and progressive mental deterioration with personality changes and impairment of daily functioning. | Alzheimer's disease |
| When a patient has an episode characterized by sudden loss of consciousness, falling down, and then tonic contractions followed by clonic contractions the patient is having a ______________________. | tonic-clonic or grand-mal seizure |
| This chronic disease results in the destruction of the myelin sheath on the neurons in the CNS. | multiple sclerosis |
| The involuntary, spasmodic, twitching movements with uncontrollabe vocal sounds and inappropriate language is called ___________________________. | Tourette syndrome |
| A _________________ is the x-ray imaging of the spinal canal after the injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space. | myelogram or myelography |
| A ____________________ is performed by utilizing sound waves to detect blood flow in the carotid and intracranial arteries. | Doppler/ultrasound studies |
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