Module 4/Chapter 23/Nervous System/Diagnostic Procedures of the Nervous System
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Brain scan
- Radioactive chemicals are given intravenously and travel to brain
- CTT
- Computerized Transverse Tomography -- X-rays are taken of cross-sections of the brain. Also called CAT, CT scan
- LP/SP
- Lumbar puncture/spinal puncture -- CSF is withdrawn from between two lumbar vertebrae to analyze CSF
- Neurectomy
- Surgical removal of a nerve
- Craniotomy
- Incision into the skull
- EEG
- Electroencephalogram -- record of the electrical activity of the brain
- MRI
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- PET
- Positron Emission Tomography -- X-ray to examine metabolic activity of brain structures
- CSF
- Cerebrospinal fluid analysis
- Lobotomy
- Procedure in which the nerve fibers are severed in the frontal lobe of the brain
- Myelogram
- X-ray film of spinal cord
- Romberg sign
- done while patient is standing with eyes closed to test position sense (balance and gait)