Chapter 10 Nervous System Flashcards
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Agor/a
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Marketplace
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Acr/o
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Extremities or top
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Caus/o
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Burning
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Cerebell/o
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Cerebellum
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Claustr/o
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Barrier
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Concuss/o
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Shaken together, violently agitated
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Contus/o
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Bruise
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Deliri/o
Hallucin/o
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Wandering in the mind
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Delus/o
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Delude, mock, cheat
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Ech/o
Son/o
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Sound
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Encephal/o
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Brain
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Esthet/o
-esthesia
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Feeling, sense of perception
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Isch/o
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To hold back
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-mania
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Obsessive preoccupation
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Myel/o
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Spinal cord
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Narc/o
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Numbness
Stupor
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Psych/o
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Mind
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Radicul/o
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Nerve root
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Schiz/o
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Division, split
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Syncop/o
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To cut short
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-tropic
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Having an affinity for
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Alzheimer’s disease
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Involves parts of brain that control thought, memory, language
Deterioration of memory and reasoning capabilities
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Rapidly progressive neurological disease that attacks cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles
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Anxiety disorders
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Mental conditions characterized by excessive irrational dread of everyday situations or out of proportion fear
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Antidepressant
Treats depression
Treats OCD
Treats GAD
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Antipsychotics
Treat symptoms of severe disorders of thinking and mood such as schizophrenia, mania, and delusion disorders
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Anxiolytics
Temporarily relieves anxiety and tension
| Tranquilizer
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Cephalgia
Headache
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Migraine headache
Throbbing pain
Nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and sound
Common for women
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Cluster headache
Intensely painful
Repeated occurrence in groups
Common for men
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Encephalocele
Congenital herniation of brain tissue through gap in the skull
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Meningocele
Congenital herniation of meninges through a defect in the skull or spinal column
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Hydrocephalus
Excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles of the head
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Meningioma
Common slow growing usually benign tumor of the meninges
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Meningitis
Inflammation of meninges and spinal cord
Caused by bacterial or viral infections
Intense headache and flu like symptoms
Sometimes fatal
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Cognition
Describes mental activities associated with thinking, learning, and memory
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Dementia
Slowly progressive decline in mental abilities
| Associated with personality changes
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Encephalitis
Inflammation of brain
| Can be caused by viral infection
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Reye's syndrome
Disorder in children characterized by vomiting and confusion
Caused when given aspirin to treat viral illness
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Tetanus
Potentially fatal infection of nervous system caused by toxin produced by tetanus bacteria
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Parkinson's disease
Chronic degenerative central nervous disorder characterized by fine muscle tremors, rigidity, and shuffling gait
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Cerebral contusions
Bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury that caused brain to bounce against skull
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Cranial hematoma
Collection of blood trapped in tissues of the brain
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Traumatic brain injury
Blow to the head or penetrating head injury that damages the brain
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Lethargy
Lowered level of consciousness
| Listlessness drowsiness and apathy
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Syncope
Fainting
| Brief loss of consciousness caused by decreased of blood flow to brain
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Coma
Profound state of unconsciousness marked by absence of response to stimuli
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Delirium
Acute condition of confusion, disorientation, disordered thinking, agitation, and hallucinations
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Intracranial pressure
Amount of pressure inside the skull
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Cerebrovascular accident
Stroke
Damage to brain when blood flow is disrupted
Usually fatal
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Ischemic stroke
Most common in old people
| Caused by narrowing of carotid artery
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Transient ischemic attack
Mini stroke
Temporary interruption in blood supply to brain
Passes in less than an hour
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Hemorrhagic stroke
Occurs when blood vessel in the brain leaks or aneurysm ruptures
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Myelitis
Inflammation of spinal cord
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Radiculitis
Pinched nerve
| Inflammation of root of a spinal nerve that causes pain and numbness of affected limb
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Cervical radiculopathy
Nerve pain caused by pressure on the spinal nerve roots in the neck region
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Multiple sclerosis
Caused demyelination of myelin sheathes
| Damage caused scarring and physical pain
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Bell's palsy
temporary paralysis of cranial nerve that causes paralysis of one side of the face
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Guillain-Barré syndrome
Inflammation of myelin sheath of peripheral nerves
Rapidly weakening muscles
Temporary paralysis
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Sciatica
Inflammation of sciatic nerve that results in pain, burning, and tingling along the nerve
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Trigeminal neuralgia
Severe lightning pain due to inflammation of cranial nerve
| Affect one side of the face
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Cerebral palsy
Poor muscle control, spasticity, speech defects due to damage that affects the cerebrum
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Causalgia
Persistent severe burning pain
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Hyperthesia
Abnormal and excessive sensitivity to touch, pain, and other stimuli
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Paraesthesia
Burning or prickling sensation in hands or feet
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Peripheral neuropathy
Disorder of peripheral nerves that carry information to and from the brain
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Echoencephalography
Ultrasound to create image of brain
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Electroencephalograph
Recording electrical activity of the brain through use of electrodes
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Functional MRI
Detects change in blood flow when patient performs a task
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Myelography
Radiographic study of spinal cord after injection of contrast medium
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Lumbar puncture
Spinal tap
| Collecting fluid for analysis
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Hypnotic
Depresses central nervous system and produces sleep
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Sedative
Depresses central nervous system to produce calmness without sleep
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Deep brain stimulation
Treats dystonia, tremors, and Parkinson's
| Device stimulates brain with electrical signals
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Gamma knife surgery
Gamma radiation treats brain tumors
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Factitious disorder
Individuals acts as if they have physical or mental illness but isn't actually sick
