Chapter 10- Nervous System Flashcards
(30 cards)
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Cerebell/o
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Cerebellum
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Dur/o
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Dura mater
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Cerebr/o
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Cerebrum
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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
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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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Redicul/o
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Nerve root (of spinal nerves)
12
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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)
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Alges/o
-algesia
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Excessive 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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Deep sleep (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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Word,phrase
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-paresis
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Weakness
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-phasia
Speech
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-plegia
Paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
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-praxia
Actions
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-sthenia
Strength
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Syncop/o
To cut off, cut short
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Tax/o
Order, coordination
