Chapter 12 Flashcards
(121 cards)
1
Q
poly-
A
many
2
Q
quadri-
A
four
3
Q
semi-
A
partial
4
Q
sub-
A
under
5
Q
tri-
A
three
6
Q
trans-
A
across
7
Q
un-
A
not
8
Q
AD
A
Alzheimer’s disease
9
Q
AHT
A
Abusive head trauma
10
Q
ALS
A
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
11
Q
ANS
A
autonomic nervous system
12
Q
CNS
A
Central nervous system
13
Q
CP
A
Cerebral palsy
14
Q
CSF
A
Cerebrospinal fluid
15
Q
CTE
A
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
16
Q
CVA
A
Cerebrovascular accident
17
Q
CVD
A
Cerebrovascular disease
18
Q
EEG
A
Electroencephalogram, electroencephalography
19
Q
GA
A
General anesthesia
20
Q
HA
A
headache
21
Q
ICP
A
Intracranial pressure
22
Q
IV
A
Intravenous
23
Q
LP
A
Lumbar Puncture
24
Q
MS
A
Multiple sclerosis
25
PET
Positron emission tomography
26
SBS
Shaken baby syndrome
27
PNS
Peripheral nervous system
28
TBI
Traumatic brain injury
29
SCI
Spinal cord injury
30
TENS
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
31
VS
Vital signs
32
TIA
Translent ischemic attack
33
alges/o
sense of pain
34
angi/o
vessel
35
arteri/o
artery
36
cephal/o
head
36
astr/o
star
37
cerebell/o
cerebellum
38
cerebr/o
cerebrum
39
clon/o
rapid contracting and relaxing
40
concuss/o
to shake violently
41
crani/o
skull
42
cutane/o
skin
43
cyt/o
cell
44
dur/o
dura mater
45
electr/o
electricity
46
encephal/o
brain
47
esthesi/o
sensation, feeling
48
gli/o
glue
49
hal/o
to breathe
50
hydr/o
water
50
hemat/o
blood
51
isch/o
to hold back
52
later/o
side
53
lumb/o
low back
54
medull/o
medulla oblongata
55
mening/o
meninges
55
meningi/o
meninges
56
ment/o
mind
57
my/o
muscle
58
myel/o
spinal cord
59
neur/o
nerve
60
pont/o
pons
61
poli/o
gray matter
62
radicul/o
nerve root
63
scler/o
hard
64
spin/o
spine
65
thalam/o
thalamus
66
thec/o
sheath
67
tom/o
to cut
68
ton/o
tone
69
topic/o
a specific area
70
vascul/o
blood vessel
71
ven/o
vein
72
ventricul/o
ventricle
73
vertrebr/o
vertebra
74
-al
pertaining to
75
-algia
pain
76
-ar
pertaining to
77
-ary
pertaining to
78
-asthenia
weakness
79
-cele
protrusion
80
-eal
pertaining to
81
-ectomy
surgical removal
82
-emic
pertaining to a blood condition
83
-gram
record
84
-graphy
process of recording
85
-ia
condition
86
-ic
pertaining to
87
-ical
pertaining to
88
-ine
pertaining to
89
-ion
action
90
-itis
inflammation
91
-logy
study of
92
-nic
pertaining to
93
-oma
tumor, mass
94
-osis
abnormal condition
95
-otomy
cutting into
96
-ous
pertaining to
97
-paresis
weakness
98
-pathy
disease
99
-phasia
speech
100
-plasty
surgical repair
101
-plegia
paralysis
102
-rrhaphy
suture
103
-taxia
muscle coordination
104
-tic
pertaining to
105
-trophic
pertaining to development
106
a-
without
107
an-
without
108
anti-
against
109
bi-
two
110
dys-
abnormal, difficult
111
endo-
within
112
epi-
above
113
hemi-
half
114
hyper-
excessive
115
in-
inward
116
intra-
within
117
mono-
one
118
para-
abnormal, two like parts of a pair
