Ch. 9 Nervous System Flashcards by Jaklynn Holbrook

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-tropic

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Turning

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-taxia

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Muscle coordination

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-sclerosis

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Hardening; thickening

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-rrhagic

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Pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-phasia

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Speech

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-paresis

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Weakness

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-orexia

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Appetite

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-lytic

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Pertaining to breakdown or destruction

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-lysis

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Breakdown; separation; loosening

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-leptic

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To seize; take hold of

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-lepsy

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Seizure

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-ion

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Process; state; condition

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-ia

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Condition

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-esthesia

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Feeling; sensation

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-emic

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Pertaining to blood condition

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-e

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Noun suffix with no meaning

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-cele

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Hernia; swelling; protrusion

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-algia

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Pain

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-algesia

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Pain; sensitivity

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-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic

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Pertaining to

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Sub- •submarine

Below; under

Quadri-

Four

Post-

After; behind

Poly- •a polynomial has many sides

Much; many

Par-, para-

Near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

Mono-

One; single

Intra-

Within; into

Hemi-

Half

Epi-

On; over; upon

En-

In; within

Dys-

Painful; difficult

Con-

Together; with

Bi-

Two; both

Ventricul/o

Ventricle

Troph/o

Development; nourishment

Traumat/o

Trauma; injury; wound

Thec/o

Sheath (meninges)

Thalam/o

Thalamus

Tempor/o

The temples

Tax/o

Coordination; order

Syncop/o

To cut off; cut short; faint

Synaps/o, synapt/o

Point of contact; to join

Somat/o

Body

Phas/o

Speech

Neur/o

Nerve

Mening/o, meningi/o

Meninges

-um, -us

Structure; tissue; thing

Medull/o

Medulla oblongata

Lex/o

Word

Lamin/o

Laminate (thin plate or layer; arch)

Isch/o

Back; to hold back

Hypn/o

Sleep

Hydr/o •what do you drink to stay hydrated?

Water

Gli/o

Glue

Esthes/o, esthesi/o

Nervous sensation

Encephal/o

Brain

Dur/o

Dura mater

Crani/o

Skull

Contus/o

To bruise

Cerebr/o

Cerebrum

Cerebell/o

Cerebell

Cephal/o

Head

Anxi/o

Anxious; uneasy

Schiz/o

Split

Radicul/o

Nerve root

Psych/o

Mind

Pont/o

Pons

Poli/o

Gray matter

Pol/o

Extreme

Phren/o

Mind

Phob/o

Fear