Chapter 10 - Nervous System Flashcards
(59 cards)
1
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
2
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
3
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dur/o
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dura mater
4
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encephal/o
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brain
5
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gli/o
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glial cells
6
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lept/o
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thin, slender
7
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mening/o, meningi/o
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membranes, meninges
8
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my/o
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muscle
9
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myel/o
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spinal cord (bone marrow)
10
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neur/o
A
nerve
11
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pont/o
A
pons
12
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radicul/o
A
nerve root
13
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thalam/o
A
thalamus
14
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tehc/o
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sheath (meninges sheath)
15
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vag/o
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vagus nerve
16
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alges/o, -algesia
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excessive sensitivity to pain
17
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-algia
A
pain
18
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caus/o
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burning
19
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comat/o
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deep sleep
20
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esthesi/o, -esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
21
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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
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movement
22
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-lepsy
A
seizure
23
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lex/o
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word, phrase
24
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-paresis
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weakness
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-phasia
speech
26
-plegia
paralysis
27
-praxia
action
28
-sthenia
strength
29
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short (faint)
30
tax/o
order, coordination
31
AD
Alzheimer disease
32
AFP
alpha-fetoprotein
33
ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
34
AVM
arteriovenous malformation
35
BBB
blood-brain barrier
36
CNS
central nervous system
37
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
38
CT
computer tomography
39
CVA
cerebrovascular accident
40
EEG
electroencephalography
41
GABA
gamma-aminobutyric acid
42
ICP
intracranial pressure
43
LP
lumbar puncture
44
MAC
monitored anesthetic care
45
MG
myasthenia gravis
46
MRA
magnetic resonance angiography
47
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
48
MS
multiple sclerosis
49
1/2 P
hemiparesis
50
PCA
patient-controlled analgesia
51
PET
positron emission tomography
52
PNS
peripheral nervous system
53
PSRS
proton steriotactic radiosurgery
54
Sz
seizure
55
TBI
traumatic brain injury
56
TENS
transcutaneuous electrical nerve stimulation
57
TIA
transient ischemic attack
58
TLE
temporal lobe epilepsy
59
tPA
tissue plasminogen activator
