NERVOUS SYSTEM: MATCHING EXERCISE



The Nervous System

Matching Exercises

ANATOMICAL TERMS

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|1. corpus callosum |a. brain and spinal cord |

|2. arachnoid (mater) |b. central web-like membrane covering brain and spinal cord |

|3. hypothalamus |c. control center located below the diencephalon |

|4. autonomic nervous system |d. nerves carrying involuntary impulses to muscles and glands |

|5. central nervous system |e. thick mass of nerve fibers connecting cerebral hemispheres |

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|1. dura mater |a. delicate inner brain and spinal membrane |

|2. pons |b. shallow grooves that separate the cerebral mounds |

|3. sulci |c. hard outer meninx |

|4. pia mater |d. bridge-like eminence on the brain stem |

|5. ventricles |e. interconnected cavities filled with cerebrospinal fluid |

Symptomatic and Diagnostic TERMS

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|1. dysphasia |a. deterioration of intellectual function, with memory loss |

|2. dementia |etc. |

|3. hyperesthesia |b. partial paralysis of left or right side of body |

|4. dysphonia |c. hoarseness |

|5. hemiparesis |d. difficulty in coherent speaking |

| |e. increased sensitivity |

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|1. astereognosis |a. inability to locate source of sensation |

|2. cerebral arteriosclerosis |b. damage to brain by thrombosis, embolism, or aneurysm |

|3. cerebral atherosclerosis |c. hardening of blood vessels of the brain |

|4. atopognosis |d. inability to judge form of object by touch |

|5. cerebrovascular accident |e. lipid build up within the blood vessels of the brain |

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|1. myasthenia gravis |a. shingles |

|2. narcolepsy |b. progressive decrease in muscular strength |

|3. tonic-clonic epilepsy |c. grand mal seizure |

|4. herpes zoster |d. sleep disorder with hypnagogic hallucinations |

|5. encephalitis |e. inflammation of the brain |

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|1. transient ischemic attack |a. tumor of a supporting nerve cell |

|2. delirium |b. brief loss of blood flow to the brain |

|3. hydrocephalus |c. pain that follows the main line of the ischium |

|4. glioma |d. mental confusion marked by incoherence |

|5. sciatica |e. excess cerebrospinal fluid in the brain ventricles |

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|1. Narcissism |a. sudden irrational fright |

|2. Oedipism |b. emotionally distraught condition |

|3. panic |c. chronic depression |

|4. hysteria |d. self-love |

|5. dysthymia |e. sexual attraction to the parent of the opposite sex |

Operative and Therapeutic TERMS

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|1. lobotomy |a. incision into a section |

|2. spondylosyndesis |b. nerve repair |

|3. neuroplasty |c. agent that eliminates pain |

|4. analgesic |d. spinal fusion |

|5. neurosis |e. anxiety disorder |

Review

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|1. neuron |a. x-ray of the spinal cord |

|2. afferent nerves |b. terminals to release neurotransmitters |

|3. dendrites |c. structural and functional unit of the nervous system |

|4. axon |d. paralysis of all four limbs |

|5. encephalasthenia |e. sensory nerves |

|6. neurectasia |f. afferent branches of the soma |

|7. tetraplegia |g. efferent branch of the soma |

|8. efferent nerves |h. weak brain condition |

|9. synapses |i. dilation of a nerve |

|10.myelogram |j. motor nerves |

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