Chapter 10 The Nervous System Elements Flashcards
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a-
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no, not, without, away from, negative
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an-
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no, not, without
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anti-
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against
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dys-
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bad, difficult, painful
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hyper-
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excessive, increased
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in-
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in, into, not, without
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intra-
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within, inside
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para-
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beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of
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post-
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after, behind
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trauma-
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injury
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ultra-
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beyond, excess
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acr/o
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extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme points
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agor/a
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marketplace
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ambul/o
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walk
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anxi/o
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anxiety, anxious, uneasy
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arteri/o
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artery
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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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cerebr/o, encephal/o
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brain
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claustr/o
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barrier
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contus/o
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bruise
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crani/o
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skull
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ech/o
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sound
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electr/o
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electricity, electric
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estet/o
feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
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hemat/o
blood, relating to the blood
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hydr/o
relating to water
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mening/i
membranes, meninges
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mening/o
membranes, meninges
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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narc/o
numbness, stupor
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nuer/i, neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
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poli/o
gray matter of brain and spinal cord
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psych/o
mind
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radicul/o
nerve root
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somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound
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thalam/o
thalamus, inner room
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thym/o
thymus gland
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ven/o
vein
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-al
pertaining to
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-algia
pain, suffering, painful condition
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-cele
hernia, tumor, swelling
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-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
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-ia
abnormal condition, disease
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-ian
specialist
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-ic
pertaining to
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-ion
action, process, state or condition
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-ism
condition, state of
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-ist
a person who practices, specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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-lepsy
seizure, stroke
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-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
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-mania
obsessive preoccupation
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-ologist
specialist
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-oma
tumor, neoplasm
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-osis
abnormal condition, disease
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-otomy
cutting, surgical incision
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-pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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-phasia
speak or speech
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-phobia
abnormal fear
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
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-tic
pertaining to
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-tropic
having an affinity for
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-um
structure, thing
