Question

1. what is an inflammation of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord?

○ hypochondriasis
○ encephalocele
○ encephalitis
○ meningitis

1. the medical term cephalo/dynia means:

○ hardening of the brain
○ pain in the head
○ mental disease
○ softening of the brain

Explanation:

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• Hypochondriasis: A mental disorder involving excessive worry about having a serious illness, not related to brain/spinal cord membranes.
• Encephalocele: A neural tube defect with protrusion of brain tissue, not inflammation of membranes.
• Encephalitis: Inflammation of the brain tissue itself, not the membranes covering it.
• Meningitis: Specifically inflammation of the meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord).

• "Cephalo-" means head, "-dynia" means pain. So cephalodynia means pain in the head.
• "Hardening of the brain" would relate to terms with "-sclerosis", "mental disease" is broader, "softening of the brain" relates to terms with "-malacia".

Answer:

D. Meningitis

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