Matching Pairs 4.18 Diseases of the Nervous System Online version Some diseases of the Nervous System by Jorge Arizpe 1 Poliomyelitis: virus that atacts the bone marrow and provoques muscular athrophy and paralysis. 2 Depression: mental disorder characterized by sadness. 3 Anxiety: Mental disorder characterized by a lot of concern and insecurity 4 Meningitis: infection in the meninges 5 Encephalitis: brain inflamation. It can be caused by a virues 6 It is a synonym of headache 7 Brain tumor: abnormal cell growth 8 Parkinson: Lack of coordination and tremors. Death of the cells the the substantia nigra 9 Multiple sclerosis: destruction of the myelin sheath. 10 Epilepsy: appearance of abnormal electric activity in the brain