Chapter 10 Flashcards
(62 cards)
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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dur/o
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dura mater
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encephal/o
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brain
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gli/o
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glial cells
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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mening/o, meningi/o
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membranes, meninges
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord
10
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neur/o
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nerve
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pont/o
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pons
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radicul/o
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nerve root (spinal)
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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thec/o
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sheath (refers to the meninges)
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vag/o
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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
16
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alges/o, -algesia
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sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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caus/o
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burning
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comat/o
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coma
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esthesi/o, -esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
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movement
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-lepsy
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seizure
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lex/o
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work, phrase
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-paresis
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weakness-p
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-phasia
speech
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-plegia
paralysis
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-praxia
action
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-sthenia
strength
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syncop/o
to cut off, cut short (fainting)
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tax/o
order, coordination
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vagus nerve
carries messages to and from the neck chest and abdomen
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autonomic nervous system
involuntary
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sympathetic
stress, autonomic
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parasympathetic
calming, autonomic
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astrocytes
star like, transport water and salts between capillaries and neurons
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microglial cells
protect neurons in response to inflammation
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oligodendroglial cells
few dendrites
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ependymal cells
line membranes within brain and spinal cord
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cerebrum
thought, judgements, memory, association, discrimination
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gyri
folds
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sulci
grooves
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thalamus
triage center
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hypothalamus
body temp, sleep, appetite, sexual desire, emotions, regulates pituitary gland
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cerebellum
voluntary, balance
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midbrain
connection of brain parts
46
pons
face and eye movemet
47
medulla oblongata
left to right side of body, right to left side of body, regulate heart, blood vessels, and respiratory system
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cauda equina
fan of nerve fibers
49
gray matter, polio-
cell bodies and dendrites
50
white matter
myelin sheaths
51
chronic traumatic encephalopathy
CTE, repetitive brain trauma
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-blast
immature
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par-
abnormal
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narc/o
sleep
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amyotropic lateral sclerosis
ALS, lou gergirhs, degenerative disorder of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem
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myasthenia gravis
autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of voluntary muscles
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herpes zostar
shingles, viral infection affecting peripheral nerves
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human immunodeficiency virus encephalopathy
HIV, brain disease and dementia occurring with AIDs
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cerebral contusion
bruising of brain from concussion
60
cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
thrombotic (blood clot, transient ischemic attacks) embolic (blood clot blocks) hemorrhagic (bursts)
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positron emission tomography
radioactive glucose is injected and then detected in the brain to image the metabolic activity of cells
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doppler ultrasound studies
sound waves detect blood flow in the carotid and intracranial arteries
