Chapter Fifteen Flashcards
(43 cards)
1
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
2
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crani/o
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cranium
3
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encephal/o
A
brain
4
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gangli/o
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ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)
5
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gli/o
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glue; neurological tissue
6
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kinesi/o
A
movement
7
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lept/o
A
thin, slender
8
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lex/o
A
word, phrase
9
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mening/o
meningi/o
A
meninges ( membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
10
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myel/o
A
bone marrow; spinal cord
11
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narc/o
A
stupor; numbness; sleep
12
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neur/o
A
nerve
13
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radicul/o
A
nerve root
14
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sthen/o
A
strength
15
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thalam/o
A
thalamus
16
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thec/o
A
sheath
17
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ton/o
A
tension
18
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ventricul/o
A
ventricle ( of the heart or brain)
19
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-algesia
-algia
A
pain
20
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-asthenia
A
weakness, debility
21
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-esthesia
A
feeling
22
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-kinesia
A
movement
23
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-lepsy
A
seizure
24
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-paresis
A
partial paralyis
25
-phasia
speech
26
-plegia
paralysis
27
-taxia
order, cordination
28
pachy-
thick
29
para-
near, beside; beyond
30
syn-
union, together, joined
31
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
32
cerebell/o
cerebellum
33
comat/o
deep sleep
34
dur/o
dura matter
35
esthesi/o
feeling, nervous sensation
36
pont/o
pons
37
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short
38
vag/o
vagus nerve, 10th cranial nerve
39
-leptic
to seize hold of
40
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
41
-phoria
bear, carry, feeling
42
-thymia
mind
43
-tropic
having an affinity for
