MED 103: Medical Terminology
Chapters 9 & 10 Textbook Worksheet
Chapter 9
Identify the following medical terms by the definitions.
1. Device used to record the electrical activity of the brain. _________________________
2. Generalized seizure due to epileptic activity in all or most of the brain
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3. Collection of nerve cell bodies outside the CNS. _________________________________
4. Pertaining to the internal organs. ___________________________________
5. Material of the sheath around the axon of a nerve. _____________________________
6. Regions of the brain and spinal cord occupied by bundles of axon.
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7. Connective tissue holding nervous tissue together. _____________________________
8. Gray covering of cerebral hemispheres. _______________________________________
9. Area of brain under the parietal bone. ________________________________________
10. Most posterior subdivision of the brainstem, continuation of the spinal cord.
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Match the brain and cranial nerve disorders.
____1. Acute clinical event caused by an impaired cerebral circulation
____2. Common form of dementia
____3. Acute altered state of consciousness with agitation & disorientation
____4. Sudden loss of muscle tone with brief paralysis
____5. Occurring after a seizure
____6. Malignant form of brain cancer.
____7. Shuffling, falling-forward gait
____8.Paroxysmal severe headache confined to one side of the head.
____9. Paralysis of all four limbs
____10. Slow, writhing involuntary movements.
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B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
Quadriplegic
Glioblastoma
Postictal
Stroke
Festinant
Migraine
Cataplexy
Delirium
Athetosis
Alzheimer disease
Match the following diagnostic procedures in Neurology.
____1. Use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of intracranial lesions
____2. Recording of electrical activity in muscle
____3. Record of the electrical activity of the brain
____4. Radiography of the spinal cord and nerve roots after injection of contrast medium into
the subarachnoid space
____5. Diagnostic instrument that sends an ultrasonic beam into the body
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Electromyography
Doppler
Electroencephalogram
Echoencephalography
Myelography
Identify the medical term for pain management with the following definitions.
1. A drug derived from opium.
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2. Removal of tissue to destroy its function _____________________________
3. Medical specialist in anesthesia ___________________________________
4. State in which pain is reduced
5. Complete loss of sensation
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Chapter 10
Identify the medical terms for heart functions and structures with the following definitions.
1. The inside lining of the heart
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2. Pertaining to or affected by ischemia ______________________________________
3. All of the heart muscle __________________________________________________
4. Structure around the heart _______________________________________________
5. Blood flow through the vessels supplying the heart ____________________________
6. The outer layer of the heart wall ___________________________________________
7. Pertaining to the outer layer of the pericardium and other body cavities.
____________________
8. Area of cell death resulting from an infarction _________________________________
9. Sudden blockage of an artery _______________________________________________
10. Repair of dead tissue cells by formation of fibrous tissue __________________________
Match the cardiac cycle medical terms.
____1. Rapid heart rate (above 100 beats per minute)
____2. An abnormal heart rhythm
____3. Pathway for electrical signals to be transmitted to the ventricles
____4. Network of nerve fibers in the myocardium.
____5. The normal heart rhythm arising from the sinoatrial node
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Purkinje fibers
Tachycardia
Arrhythmia
Sinus Rhythm
Bundle of His
Identify the word elements and their meaning for the following medical terms.
1. Defibrillation ____________________________________________________________
2. Pacemaker ______________________________________________________________
3. Endocarditis _____________________________________________________________
4. Insufficiency _____________________________________________________________
5. Pericarditis ______________________________________________________________
Identify the root/root form and its meaning for each medical term.
1. Anoxia _________________________________________________________________
2. Atherosclerosis __________________________________________________________
3. Syndrome ______________________________________________________________
4. Angiogram _____________________________________________________________
5. Collateral ______________________________________________________________
Match the medical term to the circulatory disorders.
____1. Inflammation of a vein with clot formation.
____2. Surgical removal of plaque from an artery.
____3. Circumscribed dilation of an artery or cardiac chamber
____4. Taking blood from a vein.
____5. Detached piece of thrombus, a mass of bacteria, quantity of air, or foreign body that
blocks a blood vessel.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Embolus
Thrombophlebitis
Endarterectomy
Aneurysm
Phlebotomy