Flashcards in Chapter 10: Nervous System Deck (71):
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alges/o
sensitivity to pain
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angi/o
vessel
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caus/o
burning
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cephal/o
head
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cerebell/o
cerebellum
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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comat/o
deep sleep (coma)
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crani/o
cranium
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cry/o
cold
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dur/o
dura mater
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encephal/o
brain
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esthesi/o
feeling
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gli/o
glial cells (glue)
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hydr/o
water
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kines/o
movement
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kinesi/o
movement
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lept/o
thin, slender
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lex/o
word, phrase
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mening/o
meninges, membranes
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord
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narc/o
numbness
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neur/o
nerve
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olig/o
scanty
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pont/o
pons
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radicul/o
nerve root
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spin/o
spine
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syncop/o
to cut off; to cut short
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tax/o
order
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thalam/o
thalamus
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thec/o
sheath
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troph/o
development
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vag/o
vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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dys-
bad, painful
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epi-
above
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
excessive
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hypo-
below, deficient
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intra-
between
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-algesia
excesssive sensitivity to pain
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-algia
pain
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-blast
immature
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-cele
hernia
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-esthesia
feeling; nervous sensation
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-gram
record
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-grpahy
process of recording
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-ine
substance
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-itis
inflammation
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-kinesia
movement
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-kinesis
movement
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-kinestic
movement
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-lepsy
seizure
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micro-
small
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para-
near, beside
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polio-
gray matter
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poly-
many
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quadri-
four
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sub-
below
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-ose
full of; pertaining to; sugar
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-paresis
weakness
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-pathy
emotion, disease
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-phagia
swallowing, condition of eating
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-phasia
speech
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-plegia
paralysis
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-praxia
action
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-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-sthenia
strength
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-tomy
process of cutting
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