Medical Terminology: Nervous System- Matching Terms
Definition: Match the following terms with the correct description
Answer
Term
Description
1. Cephalgia
a. Water on the head, excess cerebrospinal fluid
accumulates in the ventricles of the brain
2. Psychologist
b. Surgically suturing a nerve
3. Homeostasis
c. Nerve tumor
4. Intracranial
d. Headache
5. Electroencephalography
e. Drug that induces sleep
6. Meningitis
f. Blood vessels of the brain
7. Myelography
g. Nerve glue
8. Epidural hematoma
h. Inflammation of the root of a spinal nerve
9. Hydrocephalus
i. Stable interval environment
10. Hyperesthesia
j. Without brain
11. Lobectomy
k. Specialist of the mind
12. Anencephaly
l. Sleepwalking
13. Neuropathy
m. Medical doctor who specializes in the nervous
system
14. Hemiplegia
n. Electrical recording of the brain
15. Cerebrovascular
o. Inflammation of the meninges
16. Analgesia
p. Without feeling
17. Radiculitis
q. Mass of blood in space outside the dura mater
18. Neurologist
r. Increased sensitivity to touch
19. Astrocytoma
s. Without pain
20. Neuroma
t. Within the skull
21. Anesthesia
u. Radiographic study of the spinal cord
22. Neurorrhaphy
v. Surgical removal of a lobe
23. Somnambulism
w. Paralysis on half the body
24. Hypnotic
x. Star shaped tumor
25. Neuroglia
y. Disease of the nerve (nervous system)
Key:
1. D
2. K
3. I
4. T
5. N
6. O
7. U
8. Q
9. A
10. R
11. V
12. J
13. Y
14. W
15. F
16. S
17. H
18. M
19.X
20. C
21. P
22. B
23. L
24. E
25. G