A medical specialist in disorders of the nervous system is a ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
neurologist
A neurologist is a medical doctor who specializes in disorders of the nervous system. The term deconstructs into the suffix -logist meaning one who studies, specialist and root/combining form neur/o- meaning nerve.
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A. infectious diseases; heart disease B. accidents; AIDS C. childbirth; infectious diseases D. heart disease; cancer
The medical term for a heart attack is
a. angina pectoris. b. congestive heart failure. c. arteriosclerosis. d. myocardial infarction.
The inability to verbally express thoughts or understand the spoken word is known as ________
A) amnesia B) global aphasia C) dysphasia D) paresthesia
The major components of this model include agent, host, and environment
A) Epidemiology B) The Chain of Infection C) Multicausation Design Model D) Communicable Disease Model