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1. 2. Alzheimer’s disease neur/o 3. 4. neur/i caus/o 5. 6. amnesia amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7. 8. Bell’s palsy anesthetist 9. 10. anesthesiologist carotid ultrasonography https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 1 of 30 : 0  1. 2. (AD) is a group of disorders involving the nerve, nerve tissue. parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language. 4. 3. burning, burn. nerve, nerve tissue. 6. 5. also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a a memory disturbance characterized by a rapidly progressive neurological disease total or partial inability to recall past that attacks the nerve cells responsible for experiences. controlling voluntary muscles. 8. 7. a medical professional who specializes in the temporary paralysis of the seventh administering anesthesia but is not a cranial nerve that causes paralysis of the physician, for example, a nurse face, only on the affected side. anesthetist. 9. 10. a physician who specializes in an ultrasound study of the carotid artery. administering anesthetic agents before and during surgery. https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 3 of 30 : 0  11. 12. anesthetic causalgia 13. 14. central nervous system cerebral contusion 15. 16. cerebrum cervical radiculopathy 17. 18. cerebrovascular accident cerebral palsy 19. 20. cognition coma https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 5 of 30 : 0  12. 11. persistent, severe burning pain that usually the medication used to induce anesthesia. follows an injury to a sensory nerve. 14. the bruising of brain tissue as the result of 13. a head injury that causes the brain to is made up of the brain and spinal cord. bounce against the rigid bone of the skull. 16. 15. nerve pain caused by pressure on the the largest and uppermost portion of the spinal nerve roots in the neck region. brain. 18. 17. A stroke is properly known as a (CP) is a group of disorders characterized cerebrovascular accident (CVA). A CVA is by poor muscle control, spasticity, speech brain damage that occurs when blood flow defects, and other neurologic deficiencies to the brain is disrupted because a blood due to damage that affects the cerebrum. vessel either is blocked or has ruptured. 20. a profound (deep) state of unconsciousness marked by the absence 19. of spontaneous eye movements, no the mental activities associated with response to painful stimuli, and the lack of thinking, learning, and memory. speech. https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 7 of 30 : 0  21. 22. concussion cranial hematoma 23. 24. delirium dura mater 25. 26. dyslexia dementia 27. 28. electroencephalography epidural anesthesia 29. 30. epilepsy encephalitis https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 9 of 30 : 0  22. 21. a collection of blood trapped in the tissues a violent shaking up or jarring of the brain. of the brain. 24. 23. the thick, tough, outermost membrane of an acute condition of confusion, the meninges. Dura means hard, and disorientation, disordered thinking and mater means mother. memory, agitation, and hallucinations. 26. 25. a slowly progressive decline in mental a learning disability characterized by abilities, including memory, thinking, and substandard reading achievement due to judgment, that is often accompanied by the inability of the brain to process symbols personality changes. correctly. 28. 27. regional anesthesia produced by injecting (EEG) is the process of recording the medication into the epidural space of the electrical activity of the brain through the lumbar or sacral region of the spine. use of electrodes attached to the scalp. 30. 29. a chronic neurological condition an inflammation of the brain, can be characterized by recurrent episodes of caused by a viral infection such as rabies. seizures of varying severity. https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 11 of 30 : 0  31. 32. ganglion hallucination 33. 34. hyperesthesia ischemic stroke 35. 36. hydrocephalus hemorrhagic stroke 37. 38. lethargy meningitis 39. 40. meningocele migraine headache https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 13 of 30 : 0  31. a nerve center made up of a cluster of 32. nerve cell bodies outside the central a sensory perception experienced in the nervous system (plural, ganglia or absence of external stimulation. ganglions). Note: The term ganglion also describes a benign, tumor-like cyst. 34. 33. the most common type of stroke in older a condition of abnormal and excessive people, occurs when the flow of blood to sensitivity to touch, pain, or other sensory the brain is blocked by the narrowing or stimuli. blockage of an artery. 36. 35. a condition in which excess cerebrospinal also known as a bleed, occurs when a fluid accumulates in the ventricles of the blood vessel in the brain leaks. brain. 38. 37. also referred to as infectious meningitis, is a lowered level of consciousness marked an inflammation of the meninges of the by listlessness, drowsiness, and apathy. brain and spinal cord. 40. 39. which may be preceded by a warning aura, the congenital herniation of the meninges is characterized by throbbing pain on one through a defect in the skull or spinal side of the head. column. https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 15 of 30 : 0  41. 42. myelitis myelin sheath 43. 44. multiple sclerosis myelography 45. 46. neurologist Parkinson’s disease 47. 48. neurotransmitters paresthesia 49. 50. neurons peripheral nervous system https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 17 of 30 : 0  42. 41. an inflammation of the spinal cord; the the protective covering made up of glial term myelitis also means inflammation of cells. bone marrow. 44. 43. a fluoroscopic and CT study of the spinal (MS) is a progressive autoimmune disorder cord after the injection of a contrast characterized by inflammation that causes medium through a lumbar puncture. demyelination of the myelin sheath. 46. 45. (PD) is a chronic, degenerative central a physician who specializes in diagnosing nervous disorder characterized by fine and treating diseases and disorders of the muscle tremors, rigidity, and a slow or nervous system. shuffling gait. 48. 47. a burning or prickling sensation with no chemical substances that make it possible apparent physical cause that is usually felt for messages to cross from the synapse of in the hands, arms, legs, or feet but can a neuron to the target receptor. also occur in other parts of the body. 50. 49. (PNS) includes the 12 pairs of cranial the basic cells of the nervous system that nerves extending from the brain and the 31 allow different parts of the body to pairs of peripheral spinal nerves extending communicate with each other. outward from the spinal cord. https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 19 of 30 : 0  51. 52. seizure peripheral neuropathy 53. 54. sciatica Reye’s syndrome 55. 56. shaken baby syndrome syncope 57. 58. spinal cord tetanus 59. 60. unconscious transient ischemic attack https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 21 of 30 : 0  52. 51. a disorder of the peripheral nerves that (Sz) is a sudden surge of electrical activity carry information to and from the brain and in the brain that affects how a person feels spinal cord. or acts for a short time. 53. 54. inflammation of the sciatic nerve caused by (RS) is a serious and potentially deadly pressure on the nerve roots that results in disorder in children that is characterized by pain, burning, and tingling along the course vomiting and confusion. of the affected nerve through the thigh, the leg, and sometimes into the foot. 56. 55. also known as fainting, is the brief loss of describes the results of a child being consciousness caused by a decreased violently shaken by someone. flow of blood to the brain. 58. 57. also known as lockjaw, is an acute and a long, fragile, tube-like structure that potentially fatal infection of the central begins at the end of the brainstem and nervous system caused by a toxin continues down almost to the bottom of the produced by the tetanus bacteria. spinal column. 60. 59. (TIA), sometimes referred to as a mini- a state of being unaware and unable to stroke, is the temporary interruption in the respond to any stimuli, including pain. blood supply to the brain. https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 23 of 30 : 0  61. 62. Tourette syndrome tremor 63. 64. trigeminal neuralgia mening/o 65. 66. concuss/o contus/o 67. 68. -esthesia encephal/o 69. 70. radicul/o -phasia https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 25 of 30 : 0  62. 61. (TS) is a complex neurological disorder a repetitive, involuntary muscle movement characterized by involuntary tics, grunts, usually involving the hands, arms, head, or and compulsive utterances that sometimes face. include obscenities. 63. 64. a chronic pain condition characterized by membranes, meninges. severe, lightning-like pain due to an inflammation of the fifth cranial nerve. 66. 65. bruise. shaken together, violently agitated. 68. 67. brain. sensation, feeling. 70. 69. speak, speech. root, nerve root. https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 27 of 30 : 0  71. 72. esthet/o cerebr/o 73. crani/o https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 29 of 30 : 0  72. 71. feeling, nervous sensation, sense of cerebrum, brain. perception. 73. cranium, skull. https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?eISBN=978 2692&nbId=4249600&snapshotId=4249600&id=2246026829& 1/24/25, 2 06 PM Page 30 of 30 : 0