Chapter 10 Flashcards
(74 cards)
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ambul/o
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to walk
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Caus/o
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Burning/Burn
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cephal/o
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Head
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concuss/o
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Shaken toghether (violently agitated
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contus/o
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Bruise
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echo
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sound
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encephal/o
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Brain
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-esthesia or esthesi/o
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Feeling / nervious sensation
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Esthet/o
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Feeling / sensation / can preceive
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klept/o
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to steal
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-mainia
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madness
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mening/o
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Membranes or meninges
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myel/o
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Spinal cord (also bone marrow)
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narc/o
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Stupor
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neur/i; neru/o
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Nerve
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-phobia
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fear
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psych/o
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Mind
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somn/o
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sleep
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-phasia
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speech
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An/esthesi/ologist
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Specialist (physician, MD) in giving anesthetics
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an
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without
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esthesi
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feeling
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ologist
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specialist
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An/esthet/ist
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person trained in giving anesthesia; not necessarily an MD - could be a nurse
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Caus/algia
Persistent, severe burning pain, usually following injury to a sensor nerve
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neur/ologist
specialist in diagnosing and treating of the nervous system
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neur/o/surgeon
physician who specializes in surgery of the nervous system
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psych/iatrist
Is an MD, specializing in diagnosing and treating emotional disorders/mental illness; CAN dispense psycho/troph/ic drugs.
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psych
mind
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iatrist
specialist
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psychologist
is not a medical dr.; holds a PHD or PsyD; specializes in psyche testing, talk therapy. CANNOT dispense drugs
*gives the test
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therapist
Is not a medical Dr.; holds an MFT (marraige and family therapy) license or LCSW; cannot do psyche testing or dispense drugs. They ONLY do talk therapy
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cephal/algia
headache
| "pain in head"
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cephalo/dynia
headach
| "pain in head"
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encephalo/cele
congenital gap in the skull with brain herniating through
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craniocele
congenital gap in the skull with brain herniating through
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meningo/cele
protrusion of the membranes or meninges of the brain or spinal cord through a defect of the skull or spinal column
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hydro/cephal/us
abnormally increased amount of cerebrospinal fluid withing the brain
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hydro
water
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us
singular noun ending
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mening/itis
inflammation of the meninges or membranes of the brain and spinal cord
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encephal/itis
inflammation of the brain
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cognition
mental activities associated with thinking, learning and memory
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alzheimer's disease
| AD
degenerative changes in the brain structure, leading to progressive memory loss, impaired cognition (personality changes, and finally inability to walk, talk, chew, swallow, lack of bowel, bladder control, ETC)
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parkinson's disease
| PD
slowly progressive degeneration of the central nervous system (CNS).
(Fine muscle tremors, shuffling gait, mask like face)
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tetanus
AKA
tet
AKA
lockjaw
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acute, potentially fatal bacterial infection of the CNS. (caused by tetanus bacillus. "immunize!")
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amnesia
disturbance in memory with total/partial inability to recall past experiences cause by (brain injury, illness psychological disturbances)
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concuss/ion
violent shaking/jarring of the brain
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ion
condition
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cerebral contusion
bruising of the brain tissue due to head injury
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cranial hemat/oma
collection of blood trapped in brain tissue (types: epidural, sub-dural, intracerebral)
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conscious
alert
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syncope
fainting (brief loss of oxygen to the brain)
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lethargy
lower level of consciousness (marked by apathy or indifference)
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stupor
impaired consciousness (not responding to environmental stimuli)
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coma (noun)
| comatose (adjective)
deep state of unconsciousness (no spontaneous eye movement, no speech, no response to painful stimuli)
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delirium
potentially reversible condition of confusion associated with high fever
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dementia
slow decline in mental ability
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transient ischemic attack (TIA)
temporary interruption of the blood supply to the brain; could be warning of impending stroke
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ischemic stroke
carotid artery narrowed so that the flow of the blood in the brain is blocked - common in elderly
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cerebral thrombosis
clot blocks the carotid artery
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hemorrhagic stroke
| a bleed
vessel in the brain leaks or ruptures due to high BP - less common stroke but way more deadly
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a/phasia
loss of ability to speak, write or understand written/spoken words (caused from stroke)
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in/somn/ia
inability to sleep on an ongoing basis.
| symptom of another problem; depression, pain, excess caffeine, stress, etc
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narcolepsy
syndrome with recurrent uncontrollable seizures of drowsiness or sleep
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narco
stupor
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lepsy
seizure
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echo/encephalo/graphy
use of ultrasound imaging of the brain
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echo
sound
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electro/encephalo/graphy
| EEG
process of recording electrical brain wave activity
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electro
electric
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encephalo/graphy
radiographic study of the brain
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myelo/graphy
x-ray or radio graphic study of the spinal cord after injecting dye
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LOC
Level Of Consciousness
