Chapter 14.txt

• head
• ex. cephalalgia: head pain

little brain

cerebrum

• skull
• ex. crainiectomy: surgical excision of a portion of the skull

• tree
• ex. oligodendroglioma: malignant tumor derived and composed of oligodendroglia

dura, hard

• brain
• ex. anencephaly: congenital condtion in which thre is lack of development of the brain.

feeling

• glue
• ex. neuroglia:

• sleep
• ex. hypnosis: artificially induced state

thin plate

• membrane, meninges
• ex. meningitis: inflammation of the meninges

seizure

mind

bone marrow, spinal cord

numbness, sleep, stupor

• nerve
• ex. neuralgia: pain in a nerve

• dusky
• ex. pheochromocytoma: chromaffin cell tumor of the adrenal medulla or the sympathetic nervous system

• vagus, wandering
• ex. vagotomy: surgical incision of the vagus nerve

contains cell bodies and dendrites (neuron stucture which contains the NEURON)

contains myelinated axons (axons are long and single)

brains major motor area and site for personality and speech.

contains centres for hearing, smell and language input

frontal, parietal, temporal & occipital lobe

front of skull; largest part of the brain

back of the skull; 2nd largest part of the brain; plays important role in coordination of voluntary/involuntary movements and maintains posture.

2 large masses of gray cell bodies; serves and relay centre for all sensory impulses

principle regulator of autonomic nervouse activity associated with behavior and emotional expression.

composed of fiber tracts linking the cerebellum and medulla to higher cortical areas.

contains nerve centres for regulation and control of breathing, swallowing, coughing, sneezing, vomitting, heart beat and blood pressure.

acetylcholine: cholinergic neurotransmitter; plays an important role in the transmission of nerve impulses at snapses and myoneural junctions.

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Lou Gehrig's disease: muscular weakness, atrophy with spasticity caused by degeneration of motor neurons.

• to eat, swallow
• ex. aphagia

• to speak, speech
• ex. aphasia

cerebrovascular accident, ei, STROKE or brain attack

transient ischemic attack; mini stroke

fainting

pertaining to touch

computerized tomography

positron emission tomography

alzheimer's

cerebrospinal fluid

electroencephalogram

herniated disk syndrome

intracrainial pressure