Nerve Terminology

True or False. Afferent is to carry away.

• True

• False

Lauren is experiencing hemiplegia which means she is experiencing…

• paralysis of four limbs

• half paralyzed (right or left side)

• half (of the body) slightly paralyzed

• paralysis of two limbs (beyond paralysis)

What term means drooping?

• blephar/o

• phas/o

• opia

• ptosis

Which eye disorder is the inability to see color?

• oculomotor

• diplopia

• achromatism

• opthalmoplegia

Pertaining to three branches is…

• trigeminal

• dendrites

• triopia

• neuron

-phagia likely means…

• eating

• drinking

• swallowing

• leaving

Megan suffers from a rare condition called blepharoptosis. What is she most likely having trouble with?

• color blindness

• droopy eyelid

• speaking

• moving her eye

True or False. Jerry is having a really hard time communicating after he recently had a stroke. He most likely is suffering from aphasia.

• True

• False

Most animals have neurohormones such as oxytocin and vasopressin. What is a neurohormone?

• A hormone produced by nerve cells

• A hormone only designed for movement

• A hormone that focuses on movement

• A hormone produced by other hormones

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What term means moving?

• phas/o

• esthesi/o

• paresis

• mot/o