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WorksheetsUMT Chapter 6: The Nervous System
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the definition of the word root in cerebral aneurysm?
Pertaining to
Brain
Skull
Nerve
What is the definition of the suffix in the word hemiplegia?
Protrusion
One half
Pertaining to
Paralysis
What is the definition of the word root in gangliitis
Knot
Tumor
Inflammation
Head
What is letter F on the diagram?
Cerebellum
Temporal lobe
Cerebrum
Brain stem
What is the function of the cerebellum?
Maintain homeostasis
Regulate motor movements
Higher level thinking
Directing nerve impulses
What does the abbreviation PET mean? (PET scan)
Post emission trauma
Position emission tomogram
Positron emission tomography
What does the prefix hemi- mean?
Blood
One half
Around
Excessive
Which word root means “fatty substance”
ather
arthr
arter
Alges
True or false: the suffix -plegia means minor paralysis
true
false
The word root “dur” means
thick
Glue
Hard
Numb
which word root means “knot/swelling”
Gli/o
Embol/o
Poli/o
Gangli/o
Which word root means body?
som
somat
Son
spin
What is the definition of the word root “narc/o”
Numbness
Nerve
Neuroglia
Mind
What does the word root “myel/o” mean (in terms of the nervous system)
Bone marrow
Muscle
Spinal cord
Spine
The word root “phas/o” means
Mind
Speech
Hearing
paralysis
Which suffix means weakness?
-algia
-iatry
-esthesia
-asthenia
The suffix “esthesia” means
Sensation/perception
Membrane
speaking
Nourishment
An idiopathic disease...
is brought upon by a treatment
Has an unknown cause
has a known cause
Has no treatment
The suffix “-lepsy” means
Loosening
Dissolving
One who studies
Seizure
The suffix that means treatment/specialty is
-idio
-iatry
-ism
-logist
