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Write the correct abbreviation for cerebral palsy:

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A diagnostic procedure used to study the structures of the brain is called:

A) computed tomography.
B) lumbar puncture.
C) electroencephalography.
D) myelogram.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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There are ________ pairs of cranial nerves and ________ pairs of spinal nerves.

Write the correct abbreviation for peripheral nervous system:

Write the correct abbreviation for transient ischemic attack:

An artificially induced trance is known as:

Write the correct meaning for TENS:

Write the correct meaning for PNS:

________ is a nonbarbiturate sedative.

________ are chemical substances that carry electrical impulses across a synapse between two neurons.

The brain's major motor area is located in the ________ lobe.

Most ________ are long and are covered with a fatty substance,the myelin sheath,which acts as an insulator and increases the transmission velocity of the nerve fiber it surrounds.

Sensory neurons are sometimes called afferent nerves.

The ________ of the spinal nerves carry motor and sensory fibers to the muscles and organs of the body,including the extremities.

Motor neurons may be described as being ________ processes,as they transmit impulses away from the neural cell body to the muscles or organs to be innervated.

The medical term for a headache is:

Which of the following is NOT a membrane that encloses the brain?

The central nervous system includes the brain and ________.

The term for an abnormal slowness of motion is spelled:

The process of using ultrasound to determine the presence of a centrally located mass in the brain is called: