Language of Medicine Chapter 10 - Created by MTatHome.com
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| show | Minor form of seizure, consisting of momentary clouding of consciousness and loss of contact with the environment; petit mal seizure.
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| show | Neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells.
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| afferent nerves | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining to loss or absence of voluntary movement.
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| Alzheimer disease | show 🗑
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| show | Absence of sensitivity to pain.
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| show | Congenital condition of partial or complete absence of brain matter.
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| show | Lack of feeling or sensation.
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| aneurysm | show 🗑
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| aphasia | show 🗑
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| show | Inability to perform purposeful acts or manipulate objects.
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| show | Middle layer of the meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord.
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| astrocyte | show 🗑
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| astrocytoma | show 🗑
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| show | Without coordination.
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| aura | show 🗑
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| autonomic nervous system | show 🗑
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| axon | show 🗑
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| show | Unilateral paralysis of the face caused by a disorder of the facial nerve.
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| blood-brain barrier | show 🗑
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| bradykinesia | show 🗑
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| show | Lower portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord.
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| cauda equine | show 🗑
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| show | Intensely unpleasant burning pain in a limb following damage to nerves.
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| show | Part of the nerve cell (neuron) that contains the nucleus.
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| show | Brain and spinal cord.
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| show | Head pain; headache.
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| show | Pertaining to the cerebellum.
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| cerebellopontine | show 🗑
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| cerebellum | show 🗑
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| show | X-ray record of blood vessels in the brain after intravenous injection of contrast material.
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| cerebral concussion | show 🗑
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| cerebral contusion | show 🗑
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| cerebral cortex | show 🗑
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| show | Bursting of an artery in the brain.
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| show | Partial paralysis and muscular coordination caused by loss of oxygen or blood flow to the cerebrum during pregnancy or in the perinatal period.
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| show | Clear, watery fluid that circulates throughout the brain and spinal cord.
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| show | Samples of cerebrospinal fluid are examined for blood cells, protein, glucose, tumor cells, bacteria and other substances.
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| show | Disruption of the normal blood supply to the brain; stroke.
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| cerebrum | show 🗑
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| show | State of unconsciousness from which a patient cannot be aroused.
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| show | Pertaining to a coma.
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| computed tomography | show 🗑
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| show | Twelve pairs of nerves that carry messages to and from the brain.
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| show | Mental decline and deterioration.
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| show | Destruction of myelin on axons of nerves (as in multiple sclerosis).
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| dendrite | show 🗑
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| show | Neurotransmitter in the central nervous system; deficient in patients with Parkinson disease.
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| show | Sound waves are used to detect blood flow in arteries within the brain and leading to the brain.
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| dura mater | show 🗑
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| dyskinesia | show 🗑
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| show | Difficulty in reading, writing, and learning.
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| show | Carry messages away from the brain, the spinal cord; motor nerves.
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| electroencephalography (EEG) | show 🗑
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| show | Blood clot that is carried by the bloodstream from one area of the body to another where it blocks a blood vessel.
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| show | Inflammation of the brain.
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| encephalopathy | show 🗑
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| show | A glial cell that lines the membranes within the brain and spinal cord and helps form cerebrospinal fluid.
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| show | Collection of blood located above the dura mater.
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| epilepsy | show 🗑
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| show | Manner of walking.
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| show | Collection of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system; plural is ganglia.
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| glial cell | show 🗑
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| glioblastoma | show 🗑
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| glioblastoma multiforme | show 🗑
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| gyrus | show 🗑
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| hemiparesis | show 🗑
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| show | Paralysis of the right or left half of the body.
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| herpes zoster | show 🗑
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| show | Disease of the brain (dementia) caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).
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| Huntington disease | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles (canals) of the brain.
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| hypalgesia | show 🗑
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| show | Excessive sensitivity or feeling, especially of the skin in response to touch or pain.
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| hyperkinesis | show 🗑
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| hypothalamus | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining to a sudden, acute onset, as the convulsion of an epileptic seizure.
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| show | Pertaining to within the membranes (meninges) surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
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| leptomeningitis | show 🗑
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| show | Withdrawal of cerebrospinal fluid from the subarachnoid space between two lumbar vertebrae; spinal tap.
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| magnetic resonance imaging | show 🗑
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| show | Lower part of the brain, closest to the spinal cord; controls breathing heartbeat, and size of blood vessels.
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| meningeal | show 🗑
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| show | Three membranes surrounding and protecting the brain and spinal cord.
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| meningioma | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of the meninges.
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| meningocele | show 🗑
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| microglial cell | show 🗑
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| show | A severe headache, often unilateral, and sometimes is accompanied by nausea and vomiting.
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| motor nerves | show 🗑
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| multiple sclerosis | show 🗑
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| show | Autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of voluntary muscles.
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| myelin sheath | show 🗑
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| myelogram | show 🗑
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| myelomeningocele | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining to muscle and nerve.
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| show | Sudden seizures of sleep.
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| show | Macroscopic cordlike collection of fibers that carry electrical impulses.
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| show | Nerve pain.
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| neurasthenia | show 🗑
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| neuroglia | show 🗑
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| show | Nerve cell.
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| show | Disease of nerves; primarily in the peripheral nervous system.
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| show | Chemical messenger released at the end of a nerve cell.
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| show | Blockage or obstruction.
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| show | Glial (neuroglial) cell that forms the myelin sheath covering the axon of a neuron.
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| show | Relieving symptoms, but not curative.
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| palsy | show 🗑
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| show | Paralysis of the lower part of the body and both legs.
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| parasympathetic nerves | show 🗑
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| show | Essential, functioning cells of any organ. Neurons (nerve cells) are the parenchyma of the nervous system.
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| paresis | show 🗑
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| paresthesia | show 🗑
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| Parkinson disease | show 🗑
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| show | Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord; cranial, spinal, and autonomic nerves.
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| show | Thin, delicate, and innermost membrane of the meninges.
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| show | Network of nerves, outside of the central nervous system; brachial, cervical, and lumbosacral plexuses are examples.
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| show | Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord.
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| show | Inflammation of many nerves.
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| pons | show 🗑
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| positron emission tomography | show 🗑
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| quadriplegia | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
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| show | Disease of a spinal nerve root.
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| receptor | show 🗑
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| show | Extends from the base of the spine down the thigh, lower leg, and foot. Sciatica is pain along the course of the nerve.
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| sensory nerves | show 🗑
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| show | Viral (herpes zoster) illness that affects peripheral nerves; produces blisters and pain on the skin overlying the path of peripheral nerves.
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| show | Congenital defect in the lumbar spinal column caused by imperfect union of vertebral parts; spinal cord and meninges may herniate through the vertebral gap.
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| show | Thirty-one pairs of nerves arising from the spinal cord. Each spinal nerve affects a particular area of the skin.
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| show | Use of a specialized instrument using three-dimensional coordinates to locate the site to be operated on.
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| stimulus | show 🗑
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| stroma | show 🗑
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| subdural hematoma | show 🗑
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| sulcus | show 🗑
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| show | Autonomic nerves that activate responses in times of stress; heartbeat, respiration, and blood pressure are affected.
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| show | Space between nerve cells or between nerve cells and muscle and glandular cells.
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| show | Pertaining to syncope (fainting).
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| syncope | show 🗑
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| thalamic | show 🗑
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| thalamus | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormal condition of clot formation in a blood vessel.
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| tic | show 🗑
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| tonic-clonic seizure | show 🗑
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| show | Neurologic disorder characterized by multiple facial and other body tics.
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| show | Fleeting episode of ischemia (holding back blood) in the brain.
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| show | Flashes of stab like pain along the course of a branch of the trigeminal nerve (5th cranial nerve). The trigeminal nerve has branches to the eye, upper jaw and lower jaw.
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| vagal | show 🗑
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| show | Tenth cranial nerve with branches to the chest and abdominal organs.
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| ventricles of the brain | show 🗑
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