Chapter 10 Flashcards
(31 cards)
1
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
2
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
3
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dur/o
A
dura mater
4
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encephal/o
A
brain
5
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gli/o
A
glial cells
6
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lept/o
A
thin, slender
7
Q
mening/o, meningi/o
A
membranes, meninges
8
Q
my/o
A
muscle
9
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myel/o
A
spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)
10
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
11
Q
pont/o
A
pons
12
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radicul/o
A
nerve root (of spinal nerves)
13
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thalam/o
A
thalamus
14
Q
thec/o
A
sheath (refers to the meninges)
15
Q
vag/o
A
vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
16
Q
alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
17
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comat/o
A
deep sleep (coma)
18
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esthesi/o
A
feeling, nervous sensation
19
Q
kines/o, kinesi/o
A
movement
20
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lex/o
A
word, phrase
21
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syncop/o
A
to cut off, cut short
22
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-algesia
A
sensitivity to pain
23
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-algia
A
pain
24
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-esthesia
A
feeling, nervous sensation
25
-kinesia, kinesis, -kinetic
movement
26
-lepsy
seizure
27
-paresis
weakness
28
-phasia
speech
29
-plegia
paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
30
-praxia
action
31
-sthenia
strength
