Nervous System Flashcards
Test 4 (51 cards)
1
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alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
2
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
3
Q
comat/o
A
deep sleep
4
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
5
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esthesi/o
A
feeling, nervous sensation
6
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pont/o
A
pons
7
Q
syncop/o
A
to cut off, cut short
8
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vag/o
A
vagus nerve
9
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-leptic
A
to seize hold of
10
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-mania
A
obsessive preoccupation
11
Q
-phoria
A
bear, carry, feeling
12
Q
-thymia
A
mind
13
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crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
14
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
15
Q
gangli/o
A
ganglion
16
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gli/o
A
glue, neuroglial tissue
17
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kinesi/o
A
movement
18
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lept/o
A
thin, slender
19
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lex/o
A
word, phrase
20
Q
mening/o
A
meninges
21
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meningi/o
A
meninges
22
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myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
23
Q
narc/o
A
stupor, numbness, sleep
24
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neur/o
A
nerve
25
radicul/o
nerve root
26
sthen/o
strength
27
thalam/o
thalamus
28
thec/o
sheath (refers to meninges)
29
ton/o
tension
30
ventricul/o
ventricle
31
-algesia
pain
32
-algia
pain
33
-asthenia
weakness, debility
34
-esthesia
feeling
35
-kinesia
movement
36
-lepsy
seizure
37
-paresis
partial paralysis
38
-phasia
speech
39
-plegia
paralysis
40
-taxia
order, coordination
41
pachy-
thick
42
para-
near, bedside, beyond
43
syn-
union, together, joined
44
agnosia
inability to comprehend auditory, visual, spatial, olfactory senses
45
anencephaly
congenital deformity where some or all of fetal brain is missing
46
myelomeningocele
most severe form of spina bifida where spinal cord/meninges protrude through spine
47
paresthesia
sensation of numbness, prickling, tingling
48
electroencephalography
recording electrical activity in brain
49
electromyography
recording of electrical signals that occur in muscle at rest/during contraction to assess nerve damage
50
echoencephalography
ultrasound technique used to study intracranial structures of the brain and diagnose conditions
51
myelography
radiographic examination to detect pathology of spinal cord
