Chapter 10 - Nervous System - Terminology Flashcards
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alges/o
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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angi/o
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vessel, blood
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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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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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comat/o
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deep sleep
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crani/o
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skull
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cry/o
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cold
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dur/o
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dura mater
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encephal/o
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brain
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esthesi/o
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nervous sensation
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gli/o
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glial cells, glue
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hydr/o
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water, fluids
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kines/o
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movement
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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lex/o
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word, phrase
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mening/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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narc/o
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sleep
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neur/o
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nerve
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olig/o
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scanty
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pont/o
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pons
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radicul/o
nerve root
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spin/o
spine
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syncop/o
cut off, cut short
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syncope
Fainting
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tax/o
order
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thalam/o
thalamus
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thec/o
sheath (refers to meninges)
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troph/o
nourishment
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vag/o
vagus nerve
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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dys-
bad, painful
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epi-
above, upon
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
above, excessive
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hypo-
below, deficiency
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intra-
in,into, within
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micro-
small
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para-
beside, near, abnormal
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polio-
gray matter
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poly-
much, many
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quadri-
four
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sub-
under
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-algesia
excessive sensitivity to pain
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-algia
pain
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-blast
immature cell
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-cele
hernia
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-esthesia
feeling, nervous sensation
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-gram
record
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-graphy
process of recording
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-ine
pertaining to
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-itis
inflammation
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-kinesia
movement
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-kinesis
movement
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-kinetic
movement
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meningi/o
membranes, meninges
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kinesi/o
movement
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-lepsy
seizure
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-oma
tumor, mass
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-ose
pertaining to full of
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-paresis
slight weakness
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-pathy
disease condition
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-phagia
swallowing, eating
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-phasia
speech
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-plegia
paralysis
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-praxia
action
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-ptosis
drooping, falling, pro-lapse
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-sthenia
strenght
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-tomy
process of cutting
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-trophy
nourishment, development
