Chapter 13: Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders Flashcards by Christina Trutescu

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sensory receptors are called

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afferent

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motor receptors are called

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efferent

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Two parts of the nervous system

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central and peripheral

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involuntary part of the nervous system

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autonomic nervous system

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voluntary part of the nervous system

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somatic nervous system

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two types of cells of the nervous system

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neurons and neuroglial (glial) cells

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parts of a neuron

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dendrites, soma (cell body), axon hillock, axon, myelin sheath, nodes of ranvier, neurilemma

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aut/o

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self

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o, encephal/o

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brain

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cervic/o

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neck

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coccyg/o

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coccyx

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crani/o

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skull

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dendr/o

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tree

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dur/o

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dura mater

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gli/o

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neuroglia or a sticky substance

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lumb/o

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lower back

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mening/o

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meninges (made up of dura mater, arachnoid and pia mater)

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ment/o, psych/o

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mind

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myel/o

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bone marrow or spinal cord

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nerv/o, neur/o

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nerve

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phren/o

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mind or diaphragm

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physi/o

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nature

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sacr/o

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sacrum

spin/o

spine

thorac/o

thorax

ventricul/o

ventricle

the cerebrum is...

the folded parts of the brain

gray matter is called

cerebral cortex

the diencephalon is made up of...

thalamus and hypothalamus

the brainstem is made up of...

midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

eeg

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY

3 types of hematomas

epidural, subdural and intracerebral

hydrocephalus

accumulation of fluid in skull

abnormal slowness of movement

bradykinesia

headache

cephalgia

encephalitis

inflammation of the brain

encephalocele

hernia of brain through skull

encephalomalacia

softening of brain

excessive movement

hyperkinesia

meningocele

herniation of meninges

arachn/o

spider

pseud/o

false

zo/o

animal

agora-

open marketplace

-asthenia

weakness

-esthesia

sensation/perception

-lexia

words/phrases

-orexia

appetite