BAYHEALTH NEUROSURGERY Crossword

DILATION OF AN ARTERY, FORMED BY A CIRCUMSCRIBED ENLARGEMENT OF ITS WALL
MIDDLE LAYER OF MEMBRANES COVERING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
COLLECTION OF BLOOD VESSELS WITH ONE OR SEVERAL ABNORMAL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN ARTERIES AND VEINS WHICH MAY CAUSE HEMORRHAGE OR SEIZURES
THE LOWER PART OF THE BRAIN WHICH IS BENEATH THE POSTERIOR PORTION OF THE CEREBRUM AND REGLUATES UNCONSCIOUS COORDINATION OF MOVEMENT
WATER-LIKE FLUID PRODUCED IN THE BRAIN THAT CIRCULATES AROUND AND PROTECTS THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
THE PRINCIPAL PORTION OF THE BRAIN, WHICH OCCUPIES THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE SKULL AND CONTROLS CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT, SENSATION AND THOUGHT
A DISRUPTION, USUALLY TEMPORARY, OF NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION RESULTING FROM A BLOW OR VIOLENT SHAKING
THE PART OF THE SKULL THAT HOLDS THE BRAIN
EXCISION OF A PORTION OF THE SKULL
OPENING OF THE SKULL, USUALLY BY CREATING A FLAP OF BONE
DAMAGE TO THE BRAIN THAT CAN AFFECT MANY PARTS OF THE BRAIN, SUCH AS DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY AND INADEQUATE BLOOD FLOW
A TOUGH FIBROUS MEMBRAINE WHICH COVERS THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD, BUT IS SEPARATED FROM THEM BY A SMALL SPACE
THE MOST WIDELY USED SYSTEM OF CLASSIFYING THE SEVERITY OF HEAD INJURIES OR OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES
THE MAJOR SUPPORT CELLS OF THE BRAIN. THESE CELLS ARE INVOLVED IN THE NUTRITION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NERVE CELLS
A TUMOR FORMED BY GLIAL CELLS
A RAPIDLY GROWING TUMOR COMPOSED OF PRIMITIVE GLIAL CELLS, MAINLY ARISING FROM ASTOCYTES
A CONDITION MARKED BY ABNORMAL AND EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, CAUSING THE HEAD TO ENLARGE
THE THREE MEMBRANES COVERING THE SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN TERMED DURA MATER, ARACHNOID MATER AND PIA MATER
A FIRM, OFTEN VASCULAR, TUMOR ARISING FROM THE COVERINGS OF THE BRAIN
THE BACK PART OF THE HEAD
RAISED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, USUALLY CAUSING ONLY HEADACHE AND PAPILLEDEMA
A TUBE OR DEVICE IMPLANTED IN THE BODY TO REDIVERT EXCESS CSF AWAY FROM THE BRAIN TO ANOTHER PLACE IN THE BODY
BLOOD IN, OR BLEEDING INTO, THE SPACE UNDER THE ARACHNOID MEMBRANE, MOST COMMONLY FROM TRAUMA OR RUPTURE OF AN ANEURYSM
A COLLECTION OF BLOOD (CLOT) TRAPPED UNDER THE DURA MATER, THE OUTERMOST MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
INSERTION OF A SMALL TUBE INTO THE VENTRICLES TO DRAIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, USUALLY WHEN PRESSURE IS INCREASED