Chapter 12 Key Terminology Flashcards by Shazie S | Brainscape

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dys-

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difficult

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hypo-

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deficient

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para-

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abnormal

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a-

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no, not, without

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bi-

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two

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di-

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two, both

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inter-

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between

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epi-

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above

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polio-

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grey

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poly-

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many

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hemi-

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half

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mono-

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one

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quadri-

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four

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echo-

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sound

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endo-

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within

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micro-

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small, tiny

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trans-

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through

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-on

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structure

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-glia

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glue

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-cyte

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cell

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-ia

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condition

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-algia

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pain

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-cephalus

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head

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-fida

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split

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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-sclerosis

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conditioning of hardening

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-paresis

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slight paralysis

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-stomy

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new opening

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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home/o

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same

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neur/o

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nerve

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somat/o

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body

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dendr/o

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dendrite (projections from nerve cell body)

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astr/o

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star

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encephal/o

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brain

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum (largest portion of the brain)

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum (part of the brain inferior to the occipital lobe)

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cortic/o

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cortex, outer portion

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lob/o

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lobe, section

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cord/o, chord/o, myel/o

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spinal cord

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mening/o, meningi/o

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meninges (coverings of the CNS)

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rhiz/o, radicul/o

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nerve root

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dur/o

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dura mater (outer covering of the meninges)

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ventricul/o

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ventricle (cavity in brain)

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dermat/o

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skin

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phas/o

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speech

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phag/o

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eat

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somn/o

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sleep

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narc/o

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sleep

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kinesi/o

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movement

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esthesi/o

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feeling

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calcul/o

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stone

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geus/o

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taste

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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graph/o

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record

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osm/o

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sense of smell

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prax/o

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purposeful movement

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lex/o

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word

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hydr/o

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water

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spine

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spine

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hemat/o

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blood

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vertebr/o

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vertebra

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my/o

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muscle

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troph/o

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development

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later/o

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side

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vascul/o

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vessel

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angi/o

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vessel

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ischem/o

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hold back

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cyt/o

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cell

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medull/o

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medulla, inner portion

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blast/o

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embryonic

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electr/o

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electricity

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lumb/o

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lower back

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crani/o

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skull, cranium

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stere/o

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3-D

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sympath/o

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to feel with

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cutane/o

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skin