EEG TERMINOLOGY SET 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of
amplicication, recording and analysis of the electrical potentails of the brain
GRAPH - CORRECT ANSWER - instrument
GRAPHY - CORRECT ANSWER - PROCESS
GRAM - CORRECT ANSWER - THE RECORDING
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM - CORRECT ANSWER - The EEG recording itself
*can be printed or stored on digital media
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH - CORRECT ANSWER - The instrument used to
amplify and record eletrical potentials of the brain
ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY - CORRECT ANSWER - The recording of electrical
activity directly from the surface of the cerebral cortex
*during surgery or post surgery (implanted leads)
TERMS TO DESCRIBE EEG PATTERNS & WAVES
FTMOP - CORRECT ANSWER - Frequency
Topography
Morphology
Occurrence
,Polarity
FREQUENCY - CORRECT ANSWER - *cycles per second
STANDARD UNIT OF FREQUENCY IS - CORRECT ANSWER - Hertz
*1hz is equal to 1 cycle per sec
*the number of complete cycles of repetitive waves or complexes in one sec.
CYCLES - CORRECT ANSWER - a complete series of changes undergone by a wave or
complex before the series of changes are repeated
CYCLE PER SEC - CORRECT ANSWER - *unit of freq
also called HZ (Hertz)
HERTZ - CORRECT ANSWER - unit of freq.
cycles per sec
*named after Heinrich Randolf Hertz
(german physicst /pioneer radio communications)
ALPHA - CORRECT ANSWER - freq. band 8-13 hz
BETA - CORRECT ANSWER - freq band above 13
DELTA - CORRECT ANSWER - freq band less than 4
THETA - CORRECT ANSWER - freq band 4 - 8
, TOPOGRAPHY - CORRECT ANSWER - distribution of a pattern or waveform over
surface of the brain.
*where is the pattern located
(frontal, anterior, temporal, central, lateralized, generalized, lt or rt)
ANTERIOR - CORRECT ANSWER - at or near front
POSTERIOR - CORRECT ANSWER - at or near back
VENTRAL - CORRECT ANSWER - front
DORSAL - CORRECT ANSWER - back
FRONTAL - CORRECT ANSWER - situated in or arising from front
CENTRAL - CORRECT ANSWER - area of brain around the central sulcus
TEMPORAL - CORRECT ANSWER - around the temporal lobe
PARIETAL - CORRECT ANSWER - around the parietal lobe
*posterior to the central
*superior to the occipital
SUPERIOR LOCATION - CORRECT ANSWER - above
OCCIPITAL - CORRECT ANSWER - posterior portion of the brain
*above cerebellum
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of
amplicication, recording and analysis of the electrical potentails of the brain
GRAPH - CORRECT ANSWER - instrument
GRAPHY - CORRECT ANSWER - PROCESS
GRAM - CORRECT ANSWER - THE RECORDING
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM - CORRECT ANSWER - The EEG recording itself
*can be printed or stored on digital media
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH - CORRECT ANSWER - The instrument used to
amplify and record eletrical potentials of the brain
ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY - CORRECT ANSWER - The recording of electrical
activity directly from the surface of the cerebral cortex
*during surgery or post surgery (implanted leads)
TERMS TO DESCRIBE EEG PATTERNS & WAVES
FTMOP - CORRECT ANSWER - Frequency
Topography
Morphology
Occurrence
,Polarity
FREQUENCY - CORRECT ANSWER - *cycles per second
STANDARD UNIT OF FREQUENCY IS - CORRECT ANSWER - Hertz
*1hz is equal to 1 cycle per sec
*the number of complete cycles of repetitive waves or complexes in one sec.
CYCLES - CORRECT ANSWER - a complete series of changes undergone by a wave or
complex before the series of changes are repeated
CYCLE PER SEC - CORRECT ANSWER - *unit of freq
also called HZ (Hertz)
HERTZ - CORRECT ANSWER - unit of freq.
cycles per sec
*named after Heinrich Randolf Hertz
(german physicst /pioneer radio communications)
ALPHA - CORRECT ANSWER - freq. band 8-13 hz
BETA - CORRECT ANSWER - freq band above 13
DELTA - CORRECT ANSWER - freq band less than 4
THETA - CORRECT ANSWER - freq band 4 - 8
, TOPOGRAPHY - CORRECT ANSWER - distribution of a pattern or waveform over
surface of the brain.
*where is the pattern located
(frontal, anterior, temporal, central, lateralized, generalized, lt or rt)
ANTERIOR - CORRECT ANSWER - at or near front
POSTERIOR - CORRECT ANSWER - at or near back
VENTRAL - CORRECT ANSWER - front
DORSAL - CORRECT ANSWER - back
FRONTAL - CORRECT ANSWER - situated in or arising from front
CENTRAL - CORRECT ANSWER - area of brain around the central sulcus
TEMPORAL - CORRECT ANSWER - around the temporal lobe
PARIETAL - CORRECT ANSWER - around the parietal lobe
*posterior to the central
*superior to the occipital
SUPERIOR LOCATION - CORRECT ANSWER - above
OCCIPITAL - CORRECT ANSWER - posterior portion of the brain
*above cerebellum
