TERMINOLOGY Nervous system

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Across
  1. 3. Diminished sensation to pain. (Notice that the o in hypo- is dropped.)
  2. 4. Lack of normal sensation (e.g., absence of sense of touch or pain).
  3. 6. is a radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve root in the back. A herniated disk is a common cause leading to pain, weakness, or numbness down the leg.
  4. 8. A congenital brain malformation; not compatible with life and may be detected with amniocentesis or ultrasonography of the fetus.
  5. 11. A coma is a state of unconsciousness from which the patient cannot be aroused. Semicomatose refers to a stupor (unresponsiveness) from which a patient can be aroused. In an irreversible coma (brain death), there is complete unresponsitivity to stimuli, no spontaneous breathing or movement, and a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) tracing.
  6. 12. This is a highly malignant tumor (-blast means immature). Gliomas are tumors of glial (neuroglial) cells.
  7. 14. injection Chemicals, such as chemotherapeutic drugs, can be delivered into the subarachnoid space.
  8. 15. Hematomas are not tumors of blood, but are collections of blood.
Down
  1. 1. is a progressive degenerative disease associated with repetitive brain trauma
  2. 2. The pia and arachnoid membranes are known as the leptomeninges because of their thin, delicate structure.
  3. 5. Intense burning pain following injury to a sensory nerve.
  4. 7. Cortical means pertaining to the cortex or outer area of an organ.
  5. 9. means gray matter. This viral disease affects the gray matter of the spinal cord, leading to paralysis of muscles that rely on the damaged neurons.
  6. 10. Slowly growing, benign tumor
  7. 13. This cranial nerve has branches to the head and neck, as well as to the chest.