Nervous System Flashcards
1
Q
Poly-
A
many
2
Q
Quadri
A
four
3
Q
semi-
A
partial
4
Q
trans-
A
across
5
Q
sub-
A
under
6
Q
tri-
A
three
7
Q
un-
A
not
8
Q
AD
A
Alzheimer’s disease
9
Q
AHT
A
abusive head trauma
9
Q
ANS
A
autonomic nervous system
10
Q
ALS
A
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
11
Q
CNS
A
central nevous system
12
Q
CP
A
cerebreal palsy
13
Q
CSF
A
cerebrospinal fluid
14
Q
CTE
A
chronic traumatic encephalopathy
15
Q
CVA
A
cerebrovascular accident
16
Q
CVD
A
cerebrovascular disease
17
Q
EEG
A
electroencephalogram, Electroencephalagraphy
18
Q
GA
A
general anesthesia
19
Q
HA
A
headache
20
Q
ICP
A
intracranial pressure
21
Q
LP
A
lumbar puncture
22
Q
IV
A
intravenous
23
Q
MS
A
multiple sclerosis
24
PET
positron emission tomography
25
PNS
peripheral nervous System
26
SBS
shaken baby syndrome
27
SCI
pinal crd injury
28
TBI
traumatic brain injury
29
TENS
transcutaneous ischemic attack
30
VS
vital signs
31
alges/o
sense of pain
32
arteri/o
arter
32
angi/o
vessel
33
astr/o
star
34
cephal/o
head
35
cerebell/o
cerebellum
36
cerebr/o
cerebrum
37
concuss/o
to shake violently
37
clon/o
rapic contracting and relaxing
38
crani/o
skull
39
cutane/o
skin
40
cyt/o
cell
41
dur/o
dura mater
42
electr/o
elecricity
43
encephal/o
brain
44
estesi/o
sensation, feeling
44
gli/o
glue
45
hal/o
breath
46
hemat/o
blood
47
hyrdr/o
water
48
isch/o
to hold back
49
later/o
side
50
lumb/o
low back
51
medull/o
medulla oblongata
52
mening/o
meninges
53
meningi/o
meninges
54
ment/o
mind
55
my/o
muscle
56
myel/o
spinal cord
57
neur/o
nerve
58
poli/o
gray matter
59
pont/o
pons
60
radicul/o
nerve root
61
scler/o
hard
62
spin/o
spine
63
thalam/o
thalamus
64
thec/o
sheath
65
tom/o
to cut
66
ton/o
tone
67
topic/o
specific area
68
vascul/o
blood vessel
69
ven/o
vein
70
ventricul/o
ventricle
71
verebr/o
vertebra
72
-al
pertaining to
73
-ar
pertaining to
73
-algia
pain
74
-ary
pertaining to
75
-asthenia
weakness
75
-cele
protrusion
76
-eal
pertaining to
76
-ectomy
surgical removal
77
-emic
pertaining to a blood condition
78
-gram
record
78
-graphy
process of recording
79
-ia
condition
80
-ic
pertaining to
81
-ical
pertaining to
82
-ine
pertaining to
83
-ion
action
84
-itis
inflammation
85
-logy
study of
86
-nic
pertaining to
87
-oma
tumar, mass
88
-osis
abnirmal condition
89
-otomy
cutting into
90
-ous
pertainign to
91
-paresis
weakness
92
-pathy
disease
93
-phasia
speech
94
-plegia
paralysis
94
-plasty
surgical repair
95
-rrhaphy
suture
96
-tacia
muscle coordination
96
-tic
pertaining to
97
-trophic
pertaining to development
98
a-
without
99
an-
withoutan
100
ti-
against
101
bi-
two
102
ne-
without
103
dys-
abnormal, dificult
104
endo-
within
105
epi-
above
106
hemi-
half
107
hyper-
excessive
108
in-
inward
109
intra-
withing
110
mono-
one
111
para-
abnormal, two like parts of a pair
