ch 6 nervous & mental
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- 2. nuclear medicine procedure that shows blood flow in the brain
- 5. Test performed on the sole of the foot to indicate injury to brain or spinal cord
- 6. abbreviation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- 7. most commonly used abbreviation for cerebrovascular accident
- 9. group of nerve cell bodies located along the pathway of a nerve
- 11. combining form meaning "vertebra"
- 12. pertaining to a root (nerve)
- 15. pertaining to following a seizure
- 16. separation of a nerve from inflammatory adhesions
- 17. drugs used to treat mental illness
- 20. degenerative disease of the brain that results in impairment of language functio, inability to calculate, & deterioration of judgment
- 23. feeling of sluggishness or stupor
- 26. exaggerated feeling of well-being
- 28. fainting, usually due to lack of blood supply to the cerebrum
- 29. groove or fissure on the surface of the brain
Down
- 1. cerebrovascular accident
- 3. suffix meaning "attraction for"
- 4. part of the brainstem that connects teh brain and the spinal cord; controls respiration & heartbeat; the medulla_____
- 7. phase of schizophrenia in which patient is unresponsive
- 8. inflammation of the membranes of the spinal cord
- 10. combining form meaning "split"
- 13. excision of the thin plate of vertebra to relieve pressure on the spinal cord
- 14. disease of the nerves
- 18. lack of muscle coordination
- 19. neurologic scale used to assess level of consiousness
- 21. pertaining to a lack of blood flow
- 22. suffix meaning "seizure"
- 24. raised convolution on the surface of the cerebrum
- 25. abbreviation for electroencephalogram
- 27. part of the brainstem that connects different regions of the brain