Nerve impulses described as efferent are:

The combining form referring two or more types of tissues that together perform special body functions is

The patient, who had sagging of the right side of his mouth and was unable to close his right eye, received a prescription for prednisone to reduce edema of the facial nerve. This paralysis of muscles on one side of the face is called:

The abbreviation LLQ is

The combining form myel/o is defined as:

The term that means excision of a nerve is:

The term shunt is defined as a:

The term that means softening of the spinal cord is:

The abbreviation for a sudden deficient supply of blood to the brain lasting a short time is:

The term meningomyelocele means that there is a protrusion through a neural arch defect in the vertebral column of the meninges and the: