The dilation of a blood vessel supplying the brain is known as:
A) cerebral embolism
B) cerebral thrombosis
C) cerebral atherosclerosis
D) cerebral aneurysm
D
Explanation: All the options include cerebr/al, "pertaining to the brain or cerebrum." If the term aneurysm is not memorized, the other options can be eliminated by deconstructing portions of them: sclerosis, "condition of hard"; thromb, "clot"; and embol, "plug."
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