TEST BANK For Quick and Easy Medical Terminology 9th
Edition By Peggy C. Leonard
Somatic Nervous System - ANSWER:part of the nervous system under conscious or
voluntary control
Autonomic Nervous System - ANSWER:part of the nervous system that relates to
invouluntary or automatic body functions
The nervous system... - ANSWER:Stores and proccesses information, stimulates
movement, detects change in both the internal and external environment, and
works with the endocrine system to maintain homeostasis
Central Nervous System - ANSWER:control center, includes brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System - ANSWER:connects the central nervous system to the
body's organs and muscles
Dendrites - ANSWER:Transmit the impulse toward the cell body
Axon - ANSWER:carries impulses away from the cell body
Myelin Sheath - ANSWER:A white, fatty covering wrapped around the axons of some
neurons that increases their communication speed.
Neurilemma - ANSWER:outermost layer of the axon
Neuroglia - ANSWER:supporting tissue cells of the nervous system
Aut/o - ANSWER:self
Cerebell/o - ANSWER:cerebellum
Cerebr/o, encephal/o - ANSWER:brain
Cervic/o - ANSWER:neck
Coccyg/o - ANSWER:coccyx (tailbone)
Crani/o - ANSWER:skull
Dendr/o - ANSWER:tree
Dur/o - ANSWER:dura mater
, Gli/o - ANSWER:neuroglia
Lumb/o - ANSWER:lower back
Mening/o - ANSWER:meninges
Ment/o, psych/o - ANSWER:mind
Myel/o - ANSWER:spinal cord, bone marrow
Nerv/o, neur/o - ANSWER:nerve
Phren/o - ANSWER:diaphragm or mind
Physi/o - ANSWER:nature
Sacr/o - ANSWER:sacrum
Spin/o - ANSWER:spine
Thorac/o - ANSWER:chest
Ventricul/o - ANSWER:ventricle
Diencephalon - ANSWER:thalamus and hypothalamus
Brainstem - ANSWER:midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
Electroencephalography - ANSWER:recording and analysis of the electrical activity of
the brain
Cerebrovascular Accident - ANSWER:stroke; normal blood supply to the brain is
disrupted
Transient Ischemic Attack - ANSWER:disturbance of normal vision, dizziness,
weakness and numbness due to deficient blood circulation in the brain
Akinesia - ANSWER:inability to initiate movement
Anesthesia - ANSWER:loss of sensation
Aphagia - ANSWER:inability to swallow
Aphasia - ANSWER:an abnormal neurologic condition in which there is absence or
impairment of the ability to communicate
Bradykinesia - ANSWER:slow movement
Edition By Peggy C. Leonard
Somatic Nervous System - ANSWER:part of the nervous system under conscious or
voluntary control
Autonomic Nervous System - ANSWER:part of the nervous system that relates to
invouluntary or automatic body functions
The nervous system... - ANSWER:Stores and proccesses information, stimulates
movement, detects change in both the internal and external environment, and
works with the endocrine system to maintain homeostasis
Central Nervous System - ANSWER:control center, includes brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System - ANSWER:connects the central nervous system to the
body's organs and muscles
Dendrites - ANSWER:Transmit the impulse toward the cell body
Axon - ANSWER:carries impulses away from the cell body
Myelin Sheath - ANSWER:A white, fatty covering wrapped around the axons of some
neurons that increases their communication speed.
Neurilemma - ANSWER:outermost layer of the axon
Neuroglia - ANSWER:supporting tissue cells of the nervous system
Aut/o - ANSWER:self
Cerebell/o - ANSWER:cerebellum
Cerebr/o, encephal/o - ANSWER:brain
Cervic/o - ANSWER:neck
Coccyg/o - ANSWER:coccyx (tailbone)
Crani/o - ANSWER:skull
Dendr/o - ANSWER:tree
Dur/o - ANSWER:dura mater
, Gli/o - ANSWER:neuroglia
Lumb/o - ANSWER:lower back
Mening/o - ANSWER:meninges
Ment/o, psych/o - ANSWER:mind
Myel/o - ANSWER:spinal cord, bone marrow
Nerv/o, neur/o - ANSWER:nerve
Phren/o - ANSWER:diaphragm or mind
Physi/o - ANSWER:nature
Sacr/o - ANSWER:sacrum
Spin/o - ANSWER:spine
Thorac/o - ANSWER:chest
Ventricul/o - ANSWER:ventricle
Diencephalon - ANSWER:thalamus and hypothalamus
Brainstem - ANSWER:midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
Electroencephalography - ANSWER:recording and analysis of the electrical activity of
the brain
Cerebrovascular Accident - ANSWER:stroke; normal blood supply to the brain is
disrupted
Transient Ischemic Attack - ANSWER:disturbance of normal vision, dizziness,
weakness and numbness due to deficient blood circulation in the brain
Akinesia - ANSWER:inability to initiate movement
Anesthesia - ANSWER:loss of sensation
Aphagia - ANSWER:inability to swallow
Aphasia - ANSWER:an abnormal neurologic condition in which there is absence or
impairment of the ability to communicate
Bradykinesia - ANSWER:slow movement
