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Match the terms with their correct meanings: -Neurotransmitter


A) acetylcholine
B) glial cell
C) central nervous system
D) autonomic nervous system
E) parenchyma
F) myelin sheath
G) axon
H) synapse
I) dendrite
J) sensory nerve

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Match the meanings with the correct terms: -tonic-clonic seizure


A) relieving but not curing
B) major convulsive epileptic seizure
C) peculiar symptoms appearing before more definite symptoms
D) malignant brain tumor of immature glial cells
E) interruption of blood supply to the cerebrum
F) minor form of epileptic seizure
G) blockage
H) neurotransmitter

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Match the following terms with their meanings below: -Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord


A) acetylcholine
B) afferent nerve
C) arachnoid membrane
D) astrocyte
E) autonomic nervous system
F) axon
G) blood-brain barrier
H) brainstem
I) cauda equina
J) cell body

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Match the terms with their correct meanings: -Major convulsive epileptic seizure


A) aura
B) cerebral angiography
C) cerebral hemorrhage
D) cerebral palsy
E) dementia
F) dopamine
G) embolus
H) gait
I) glioblastoma multiforme
J) hydrocephalus
K) multiple sclerosis
L) myasthenia gravis
M) palliative
N) Parkinson disease
O) spina bifida
P) tonic-clonic
Q) Tourette syndrome
R) transient ischemic attack

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Match the meanings with their correct terms: -embolism


A) pertaining to supportive cells of the nervous system
B) substance that helps transmit a nervous impulse
C) part of a nerve cell
D) obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or foreign substance
E) network of nerve fibers
F) tail end of the spinal cord
G) three membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
H) space between nerve cells
I) a part of the brain that serves as a relay station for impulses
J) lack of strength in nerves; sense of weakness and exhaustion

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Give meanings for the following combining forms: -mening/o: __________

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Match the terms with their correct meanings: -Contains cerebrospinal fluid


A) gyri
B) neurotransmitter
C) parenchymal cell
D) pia mater
E) sensory nerve
F) subarachnoid space

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Match the meanings with their correct terms: -plexus


A) pertaining to supportive cells of the nervous system
B) substance that helps transmit a nervous impulse
C) part of a nerve cell
D) obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or foreign substance
E) network of nerve fibers
F) tail end of the spinal cord
G) three membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
H) space between nerve cells
I) a part of the brain that serves as a relay station for impulses
J) lack of strength in nerves; sense of weakness and exhaustion

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Spina bifida is associated with:


A) Poliomyelitis
B) Meningomyelocele
C) Multiple myeloma
D) Hyperkinesis
E) Narcolepsy

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Elevated portions of the cerebral cortex are called:


A) Sulci
B) Plexuses
C) Gyri
D) Ventricles
E) Glial cells

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Match the following terms with their meanings below: -Collection of nerve cell bodies in the PNS


A) ganglion
B) glial cell
C) gyrus
D) hypothalamus
E) medulla oblongata
F) meninges
G) motor nerve
H) myelin sheath
I) nerve
J) neuron

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Match the terms with their correct meanings: -Outermost layer of meninges


A) arachnoid membrane
B) cerebrum
C) medulla oblongata
D) neurotransmitter
E) cerebellum
F) thalamus
G) pons
H) hypothalamus
I) pia mater
J) dura mater

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Give meanings for the following suffixes: --sclerosis: __________

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Match the meanings with the correct terms: -transient ischemic attack


A) relieving but not curing
B) major convulsive epileptic seizure
C) peculiar symptoms appearing before more definite symptoms
D) malignant brain tumor of immature glial cells
E) interruption of blood supply to the cerebrum
F) minor form of epileptic seizure
G) blockage
H) neurotransmitter

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Match the following terms with their meanings below: -Type of glial (neuroglial) cell that transports water and salts from capillaries


A) acetylcholine
B) afferent nerve
C) arachnoid membrane
D) astrocyte
E) autonomic nervous system
F) axon
G) blood-brain barrier
H) brainstem
I) cauda equina
J) cell body

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Complete the following terms from their definitions: -Slight paralysis of the right or left side of the body: hemi__________

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Match the following terms with their meanings below: -Space through which a nervous impulse travels between nerve cells or between nerve and muscle or glandular cells


A) sciatic nerve
B) sensory nerve
C) stimulus
D) stroma
E) sulcus
F) sympathetic nerves
G) synapse
H) thalamus
I) vagus nerve
J) ventricles of the brain

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Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord:


A) Gyrus
B) Dendrites
C) Cauda equina
D) Microglia
E) Oligodendroglia

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Match the terms with their correct meanings: -Thin, delicate inner membrane of meninges


A) arachnoid membrane
B) cerebrum
C) medulla oblongata
D) neurotransmitter
E) cerebellum
F) thalamus
G) pons
H) hypothalamus
I) pia mater
J) dura mater

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Match the following terms with their meanings below: -Thin, delicate inner membrane of the meninges


A) microglial cell
B) neurotransmitter
C) oligodendroglial cell
D) parasympathetic nerves
E) parenchyma
F) peripheral nervous system
G) pia mater
H) plexus
I) pons
J) receptor

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