GLOSSARY OF TERMS - SOME TERMS YOU MIGHT COME ACROSS

• multiple - a word meaning "many", since many areas of the brain and spinal cord are affected
• sclerosis - means scars
• multiple sclerosis - means many scars
• spinal cord - main passageway for nerves (like a long highway in the middle of the body)
• central nervous system - a series of nerves located in the brain and spinal cord
• myelin - a covering that surrounds the nerve that helps send electrical messages
• nerve - pathways that electrical messages travel through
• nerve impulses- electrical messages that travel through the nerves
• inflammation - swelling or redness of a part of the body. It often causes pain and makes that part of the body not work properly.
• lesions or plaques - are areas of tissue damage caused by inflammation
• remission - when the disease is stable - things are not changing
• attack or exacerbation - a time when the disease gets worse