Ohlsen nervous system diseases

This disorder is a degeneration of basal ganglia leading to tremors and muscle weakness

• Parkinson's disease

• Tourette's syndrome

• epilepsy

• multiple sclerosis

Which disease is an overproduction of cerebral spinal fluid?

• hydrocephalus

• Parkinson's disease

• multiple sclerosis

• ALS

Inflammation of protective membrane covering the brain and spinal cord, can be caused by a bacteria, virus, or fungus.

• hydrocephalus

• menengitis

• multiple sclerosis

• ALS

Loss of muscle coordination, called ataxia, results from damage to the ________.

• cerebellum

• parietal lobe

• medulla oblongata

• hypothalamus

Disease caused by autoimmune damage to the myelin of the spinal cord

• Parkinson's

• Tourette's syndrome

• multiple sclerosis

• meningitis

Disease characterized by frequent unwanted stimulation of the somatic nervous system (motor and vocal tics)

• Parkinson's disease

• Tourette's syndrome

• multiple sclerosis

• ALS

Damage to the reticular formation (or suppression with medication) results in

• coma

• meningitis

• amygdala hijack

• ataxia

Road rage can be caused by _______________ due to the increased "fight or flight" response by the sympathetic nervous system.

• ataxia

• amygdala hijack

• basal ganglia

• mammillary body damage

Getting the "wind knocked out of you" results from a blow to the __________ plexus.

• cardiac

• mesenteric

• pulmonary

• celiac or solar

"Mike the headless chicken" was able to live for 18 months because the _____________ division of the nervous system can continue to function even with damage.

• autonomic

• somatic

• afferent

• central