MODULE 600 -CHAPTER 9 TODAY'S MEDICAL ASSISTANT - NERVOUS SYSTEM QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS

-graphy correct answer the process of producing a picture or record -mania correct answer obsessive preoccupation -phobia correct answer abnormal fear -tropic correct answer having an affinity for acrophobia correct answer excessive fear of being in high places anesthetic correct answer Medication that produces the temporary loss of feeling or sensation autism correct answer a group of conditions in which a young child cannot develop normal social relationships, compulsively follows repetitive routines, and frequently has poor communication skills caus/o correct answer burning, burn cerebral contusion correct answer the bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury that causes the brain to bounce against the rigid bone of the skull coma correct answer a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness concuss/o correct answer shaken together, violently agitated contus/o correct answer bruise dementia correct answer slowly progressive decline in mental abilities encephal/o correct answer brain encephalitis correct answer Inflammation of the brain epilepsy correct answer a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent episodes of seizures of varying severity