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| membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
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| difficult, painful, abnormal |
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| Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position |
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| development, formation, growth |
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"many hardenings"
a disease of unknown cause that manifests as multiple hard plaques of the insulating layer of nerve fibers in the central nervous system. Loss of insulation allows "short circuiting" of nerve impulses.
ex, paralysis, blindness, etc. |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) |
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"not quite enough blood reaching the brain"
Symtoms similar to stroke, such as partial loss of vision and weakness in arm. However, symptoms last less than 24 hours. People who get TIA's are at greater risk of getting a stroke. |
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"loss of speech"
Injury to either the motor speech area, which controls mouth movements, or to the receptive area, which allows us to understand speech. |
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| physician specializing in diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. |
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| surgeon specializing in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves |
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| Lumbar (spinal) puncture or tap (LP) |
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| introducing a needle between the lower bony vertebrae of the spinal column in order to extract cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Lab tests are performed on the fluid to check for meningitis, blood cells, etc. |
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| introducing a radioactive element into the blood to image possible tumors in the brain. |
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| Electroencephalography (EEG) |
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"an image of the brain's electrical activity."
used to diagnose seizure disorders such as epilepsy, brain tumors, sleep research, etc. |
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| an X-ray machine that takes multiple images of an area from different angles and combines them into "slices" of the body. Better resolution than standard X-rays, with better differentation of types of tissue. (bone, organ, air, etc.) |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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| produces results similar to that of a CT scan, but uses radio pulses instead of X-rays. |
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processes sensory information such as spatial sense and navigation. Percieves stimuli related to touch, pressure, temp., and pain.[image] |
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[image]concerned with reasoning, planning, parts of speech and movement (motor cortex) emotions, and problem solving. |
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[image]concerned with perception and recognition of auditory stimuli, and memory. (hippocampus) |
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| concerned with many aspects of vision[image] |
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