Ch17 Diseases Affecting Nervous System

3. Vascular interface between the blood vessels serving the brain and the brain itself, allowing very few molecules to pass through.
8. Gram-neggative diplococci bacteria known to cause bacterial meningitis, with 12 different strains existing.
10. Part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord (abbr.)
12. Composes 85% of all prion diseases I humans, causing altered behavior, dementia, memory loss, and ultimately death (abbr.)
14. Form of meningitis that is only typically seen in immunocompromised people, as healthy people have a string resistance to it.
15. Substance that provides a cushioning function to the brain and spinal cord to protect from injury or damage.

1. Fungi that is known to cause fungal meningitis, often present in urban areas where pigeons are common.
2. A small red or purple spot that can appear on the skin, conjunctiva, or retina, and mucous membranes, caused by a hemorrhage of capillaries.
4. Inflammation of the meninges, with many differing causes.
5. Protozoa that causes meningoencephalitis, found in natural warm bodies of freshwater, and is also known as "brain-eating amoeba"
6. Part of the nervous system consisting of nerves from the periphery of the body, like limbs and organs (abbr.)
7. Virus that is teratogenic, causing microcephaly to fetus if contracted by a pregnant woman, often carried by mosquitoes.
9. Gram-negative bacterium, typically present in the gut, that is also known to cause meningitis.
11. Most common form of meningitis, composes around 4 out of 5 of all cases of meningitis, and most common in children.
13. antibiotic used to treat bacterial meningitis (neisseria), where the bacterium is unusually susceptible to this medication although gram negative.