Medical Terminology of the Nervous System

Match the abbreviation to the definition.

AD Electroencephalogram

ADL Cerebrovascular accident

ALS Thoracic nerves

ANS Sacral nerves

BBB Transient ischemic attack

C1-C8 Alzheimer disease

CNS Lumbar puncture

CP Positron emission tomography

CSF Multiple sclerosis

CT scan Cervical nerves

CVA Central nervous system

DTR Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

EEG Magnetic resonance imaging

ICP Activities of Daily Living

L1-L5 Intracranial pressure

LP Cerebral Palsy

MRI Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

MS Deep tendon reflex

PD Peripheral nervous system

PET Parkinson disease

PNS Single-photon emission computed tomography

PSG Subarachnoid hemorrhage

S1-S5 Polysomnography

SAH Computerized Tomography scan

SNS Blood-brain barrier

SPECT Lumbar nerves

T1-T12 Cerebrospinal fluid

TENS Somatic nervous system

TIA Autonomic nervous system

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