ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TERMS REVIEW
Match the medical terms below with the definitions in the numbered list.
Alzheimer disease Huntington chorea panhypopituitarism sciatica
antipsychotics hypophysectomy Parkinson disease shingles
Bell palsy lumbar puncture PET spina bifida
EEG MRI pheochromocytoma TIA
epilepsy myxedema poliomyelitis thalamotomy
exophthalmos neuroblastoma quadriplegia Type 1 diabetes
Graves disease
- is facial paralysis on one side of the face because of inflammation of a facial nerve.
- describes short episodes of neurological dysfunction due to temporary interference
with blood supply to the brain. - are used to alter symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia.
- is abnormal protrusion of eyeball, possibly due to thyrotoxicosis.
- means hyperthyroidism and is also called toxic goiter, which is characterized by
exophthalmos. - is a surgical procedure to remove a pituitary tumor.
- is advanced hypothyroidism in adults resulting from hypofunction of the thyroid
gland and causes edema and increased blood pressure. - is a small chromaffin cell tumor, usually located in the adrenal medulla.
- is a progressive degenerative neurological disorder that causes hand tremors.
- refers to inflammation of the gray matter caused by a virus, commonly resulting in
spinal and muscle deformity and paralysis. - refers to severe pain in the leg along the course of the sciatic nerve.
- is a congenital defect characterized by incomplete closure of the spinal canal
through which the spinal cord and meninges may or may not protrude. - is a diagnostic procedure in which electrodes placed on the scalp record electrical
activity within the brain. - is a malignant tumor composed principally of cells resembling neuroblasts and
occurs chiefly in infants and children. - is a brain disorder marked by deterioration of mental capacity (dementia) that
begins in middle age and leads to total disability and death. - is a radiographic technique that uses electromagnetic energy to produce cross
sectional, frontal, and sagittal views of the brain. - is a chronic disease due to insufficient production of insulin or the body’s inability
to use insulin properly. - refers to eruption of acute, inflammatory, herpetic vesicles on the trunk of the
body along a peripheral nerve. - is a paralysis of four extremities and usually the trunk.
- refers to total pituitary impairment that brings about progressive and general loss
of hormone activity. - is a hereditary nervous disorder caused by progressive loss of brain cells that leads
to bizarre, involuntary, dancelike movements.
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