Question: Which condition commonly accompanies migraine headaches?

Answer: photophobia

Question: Which part of the brain acts as a relay station, sending sensory nerve impulses like pain and touch from the body to the cerebrum?

Answer: Thalamus

Question: Some patients with epilepsy experience an ________, or forewarning, of an impending seizure

Answer: aura

Question: In the later stages of Parkinson disease, a patient could have

Answer: a mask like facial expression and shuffling gait

Question: When the patient experienced trauma to the occipital lobe of the brain, his sense of ________ was affected.

Answer: sight

Question: An abnormal opening in the vertebral column that is only covered by meninges and skin is known as ________.

Answer: meningioma

Question: Which neuromodulator is the body’s own natural pain reliever?

Answer: endorphins

Question: Grand mal seizures with unconsciousness and excessive motor activity are also known as ________ seizures.

Answer: tonic-clonic

Question: Mrs. Lynn had a stroke that left her with the inability to understand spoken or written words. This is known as

Answer: receptive aphasia

Question: Which condition of the motor nerves of the spinal cord is sometimes called Lou Gehrig disease and is characterized by muscle wasting, spasms, and eventual paralysis?

Answer: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis