Brain and Nervous System Terms

Chemotherapy or radiation therapy given to the central nervous system (CNS) as a preventive treatment.

A tumor of the central nervous system, including brain stem glioma, craniopharyngioma, medulloblastoma, and meningioma.

A benign, slow-growing tumor in the cerebellum (part of the brain at the back of the head), made up of abnormal blood vessel growth.

Having to do with two structures of the brain, the cerebellum (located at the lower back of the brain) and the pons (located at the base of the brain in front of the cerebellum) and the area between…

Damage on one side shows on the same side of the body, the opposite of what the rest of the brain does.

One half of the cerebrum, the part of the brain that controls muscle functions and also controls speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning.

Cerebrospinal fluid cushions the brain and spinal cord, circulating through the fluid filled spaces that surround these structures and helping clear cellular waste.

A process used to drain fluid that has built up around the brain and spinal cord.

Each half controls the opposite side of the body, so the site of an injury predicts which side loses function.

An anatomy term for an X-shaped crossing (for example, of nerves or tendons).

A substance being studied in the diagnosis and treatment of glioma (a type of brain cancer) and other types of cancer.

A thin layer of tissue that is part of the middle layer of the wall of the eye, between the sclera (white outer layer of the eye) and the retina (the inner layer of nerve tissue at the back of the…

A rare type of cancer that occurs in the ventricles of the brain.

A type of cell that makes neurohormones (chemicals that are made by nerve cells and used to send signals to other cells) and releases them into the blood.

CNS designates the brain and spinal cord together, the central hub that processes information and coordinates the body's motor and sensory activity.

Cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the central nervous system (CNS).

A type of cancer that arises from a particular type of cell within the brain or spinal cord.

Chemotherapy or radiation therapy given to the central nervous system (CNS) as a preventive treatment.

Chemotherapy or radiation therapy given to the central nervous system (CNS) as a preventive treatment.

A tumor of the central nervous system (CNS), including brain stem glioma, craniopharyngioma, medulloblastoma, and meningioma.