Question: The medical term for a headache is:

Answer: cephalalgia.

Question: A medical word that means paralysis of both legs and lower body is:

Answer: paraplegia.

Question: In the term anesthesiologist, the combining form means:

Answer: feeling.

Question: A cerebrovascular accident may be called all of the following except:

(sundowning, stroke, CVA, brain attack)

Answer: sundowning.

Question: A surgical excision of a portion of the skull is known as:

Answer: craniectomy.

Question: Any dysfunction of the brain is termed:

Answer: encephalopathy.

Question: A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is sometimes referred to as:

Answer: ministroke.

Question: A loss of the ability to speak is termed:

Answer: aphasia.

Question: A tumor of the meninges is known as:

Answer: meningioma.

Question: The hairy fibers that extend from the body of a nerve cell are:

Answer: dendrites.