Nervous System Flashcards
(126 cards)
1
Q
home/o
A
same
2
Q
-stasis
A
stopping, controlling
3
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
4
Q
-logy
A
study of
5
Q
inter-
A
between
6
Q
-on
A
structure
7
Q
somat/o
A
body
8
Q
dendr/o
A
dendrite
9
Q
-glia
A
glue
10
Q
astr/o
A
star
11
Q
-cyte
A
cell
12
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
13
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
14
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
15
Q
cortic/o
A
cortex
16
Q
lob/o
A
lobe
17
Q
cord/o
A
spinal cord
18
Q
chord/o
A
spinal cord
19
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord
20
Q
mening/o
A
meninges
21
Q
meningi/o
A
meninges
22
Q
rhiz/o
A
nerve root
23
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve root
24
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
25
ventricul/o
ventricle
26
dermat/o
skin
27
-tome
instrument used to cut
28
a-
without
29
phas/o
speech
30
-ia
condition
31
dys-
difficult
32
phag/o
eat
33
somn/o
sleep
34
hypo-
deficient
35
kinesi/o
movement
36
-algia
pain
37
para-
abnormal
38
esthesi/o
feeling
39
calcul/o
stone
40
geus/o
taste
41
gnos/o
knowledge
42
graph/o
record
43
osm/o
sense of smell
44
prax/o
purposeful movement
45
lex/o
word
46
-cephalus
head
47
bi-
two
48
-fida
split
49
hemat/o
blood
50
-oma
tumor, mass
51
vertebr/o
vertebra
52
my/o
muscle
53
troph/o
development
54
-ic
pertaining to
55
later/o
side
56
-sclerosis
condition of hardening
57
epi-
above
58
-lepsy
seizure
59
narc/o
sleep
60
polio-
gray
61
poly-
many
62
vascul/o
vessel
63
-ar
pertaining to
64
-al
pertaining to
65
ischem/o
hold back
66
di-
two
67
-plegia
paralysis
68
hemi-
half
69
-paresis
slight paralysis
70
mono-
one
71
quadri-
four
72
fibr/o
fiber
73
cyt/o
cell
74
medull/o
medulla
75
blast/o
embryonic
76
angi/o
vessel
77
-graphy
process of recording
78
tom/o
slice
79
echo-
sound
80
electr/o
electricity
81
lumb/o
lower back
82
endo-
within
83
crani/o
skull
84
-ectomy
removal
85
-tomy
incision
86
stere/o
three-dimensional (3D)
87
tax/o
order, arrangement
88
peritone/o
peritoneum
89
-scopic
pertaining to viewing
90
-stomy
new opening
91
micro-
small, tiny
92
-lysis
destruction
93
-plasty
surgical repair
94
-rrhaphy
suture
95
vag/o
vagus nerve
96
rhiz/o
spinal nerve root
97
trans-
through
98
cutane/o
skin
99
-ous
pertaining to
100
AD
Alzheimer disease
101
ADL
activity of daily living
102
ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
103
ANS
autonomic nervous system
104
BBB
blood-brain barrier
105
C1-C8
cervical nerves
106
CNS
central nervous system
107
CP
cerebral palsy
108
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
109
CT scan
computerized tomography scan
110
CVA
cerebrovascular accident
111
DTR
deep tendon reflex
112
EEG
electroencephalogram, electroencephalography
113
EP
evoked potential
114
GARS
gait assessment rating scale
115
HIVD
herniated intervertebral disk
116
L1-L5
lumbar nerves
117
LP
lumbar puncture
118
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
119
MSLT
multiple sleep latency test
120
PD
Parkinson disease
121
PET scan
positron emission tomography scan
122
PNS
peripheral nervous system
123
SPECT
single-photon emission computed tomography
124
T1-T12
thoracic nerves
125
TENS
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
126
TIA
transient ischemia
