medical term nervous system chapter 12 – Flashcards
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the study of the nervous system is called
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neurology
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the organs of the nervous system are
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brain, spinal cord, nerves
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the two divisions of the nervous system are
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central nervous system and peripheral nervous system
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the neurons that carry impulses away from the brain and spinal cord are called?
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efferent (motor)
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the neurons that carry impulse to the brain and spinal cord are called
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afferent (sensory)
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the largest portions of the brain is the
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cerebrum
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the second largest portion of the brain is the
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cerebellum
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the occipital lobe controls
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vision
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the temporal lobe controls
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hearing and smell
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the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system are the
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sympathetic and parasympathetic
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carries facial sensory impulses
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trigeminal
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turns eye to side
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abducens
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controls tongue muscles
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hypoglossal
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controls eye muscles and pupils
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oculomotor
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swallowing
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glossopharyngeal
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controls facial muscles
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trochlear
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controls oblique eye muscles
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trochlear
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smell
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olfactory
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controls neck and shoulder muscles
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trochlear
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hearing and equilibrium
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vestibulocochlear
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vision
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optic
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organs in lower body cavities
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vagus
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alges
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sense of pain
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astr
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star
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cephal
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head
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cerebell
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cerebellum
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cerebr
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cerebrum
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clon
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rapid contracting and relaxing
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dur
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dura mater
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encephal
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brain
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esthes
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sensation
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gli
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glue
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medull
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medulla oblongata
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mening
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meninges
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meningi
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meninges
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myel
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spinal cord
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neur
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nerve
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poli
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gray matter
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pont
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pons
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radicul
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nerve root
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thalam
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thalamus
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thec
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sheath
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ton
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tone
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ventricul
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brain ventricle
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paresis
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weakness
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taxia
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muscle coordination
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phasia
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speech
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trophic
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pertaining to development
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plegia
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paralysis
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inflammation of the nerve
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neuritis
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specialist in nerves
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neurologist
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pain in the nerves
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neuralgia
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inflammation of many nerves
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polyneuritis
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removal of a nerve
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neuroplasty
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nerve tumor
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neuropathy
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suture of a nerve
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neurorraphy
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inflammation of the meninges
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meningitis
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protrusion of the meninges
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meningocele
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protrusion of the spinal cord and the meninges
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myelomeningocele
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x-ray record of the brain
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echoencephalography
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disease of the brain
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encephalopathy
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protrusion of the brain
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encephalocele
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pertaining to the cerebrum and spinal cord
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cerebrospinal
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pertaining to the cerebrum
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cerebral
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TIA
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transient ischemic attack
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MS
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multiple sclerosis
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SCI
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spinal cord injury
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CNS
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central nervous system
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PNS
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peripheral nervous system
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HA
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headache
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CP
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cerebral palsy
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LP
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lumbar puncture
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ALS
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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loss of the ability to control movement
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palsy
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sensations before a seizure
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aura
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seizure with convulsions
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tonic-clonic seizure
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inflammation of meninges
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meningitis
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profound unconsciousness
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coma
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herpes zoster infection
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shingles
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fainting
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syncope
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tumor of the brain or spinal cord composed of astrocytes
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astrocytoma
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recurrent disorder of the brain in which seizures and loos of consciousness occurs
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epilepsy
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lack of feeling or sensation
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anesthesia
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weakness or loss of motion on one side of the body
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hemiparesis
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a physician who treats conditions and disease of the nervous system
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neurosurgeon
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absence of pain
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analgesia
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localized seizure often affecting one limb
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focal seizure
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mass of blood forming beneath the dura matter if the meninges are torn by trauma
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subdural hematoma
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pertaining to within the meninges specifically the subdural or subarachnoid space
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intrathecal
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sudden attack
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seizure
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a type od severe headache
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migraine
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loss of intellectual ability
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dementia
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physician who treats nervous problems
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neurologist
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stroke
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cerebrovascular accident
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mild traumatic brain injury
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concussion
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loss of ability to speak
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aphasia
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congenital anomaly
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spina bifida
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state of being unaware
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unconscious
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lack of coordination
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ataxia
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cerebrospinal fluid
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CSF
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cerebrovascular disease
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CVD
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electroencephalogram
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EEG
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intracranial pressure
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ICP
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positron emission tomography
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PET
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cerebrovascular accident
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CVA
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subarachnoid hemorrhage
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SAH
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autonomic nervous system
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ANS
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injecting radiopaque dye into spinal canal
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myelography
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xray of the blood vessels of the brain
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cerebral angiography
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reflex test on bottom of the foot
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Babinski reflex
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test that measures how fast an impulse travels
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nerve conduction velocity
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laboratory examination of fluid taken from the brain
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cerebrospinal fluid analysis
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position emission tomography to measure cerebral blood flow
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PET scan
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recording the ultrasonic echo's of the brain
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echoencephalography
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needle puncture into the spinal cavity to withdraw fluid
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lumbar puncture
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when your confused, disoriented and agitated
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delirium
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increasing muscle weakness as the motor neurons in the spinal cord degenerates
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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wakness on one side of chales face
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bells palsy
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you get a angiogram whey they think you have what?
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cerebral aneurysm
