Nervous System Flashcards
(34 cards)
0
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Cerebr/o
A
Cerebrum
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Cerebell/o
A
Cerebellum
2
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Dur/o
A
Dura mater
3
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Encephal/o
A
Brain
4
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Gli/o
A
Glue, parts of the nervous system that support and connect
5
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Lept/o
A
Thin, slender
6
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Mening/o
A
Membranes
7
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Meningi/o
A
Meninges
8
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My/o
A
Muscle
9
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Myel/o
A
Spinal cord (means bone marrow in some contexts)
10
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Neur/o
A
Nerve
11
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Pont/o
A
Pons
12
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Radicul/o
A
Nerve root (of spinal nerves)
13
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Thalam/o
A
Thalamus
14
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Thec/o
A
Sheath (refers to the meninges)
15
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Vag/o
A
Vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
16
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Alges/o
-algesia
A
Increased sensitivity to pain
17
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-algia
A
Pain
18
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Caus/o
A
Burning
19
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Comat/o
A
Deep sleep (coma)
20
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Esthesi/o
-esthesia
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Feeling, nervous sensation
21
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Kines/o
-kinesia
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Movement
22
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Kinesi/o
-kinesis
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Movement
23
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-lepsy
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Seizure
24
Lex/o
Word, phrase
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Narc/o
Stupor, sleep
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Cortex
Outer area of an organ
27
-paresis
Slight paralysis
28
-phasia
Speech
29
-plegia
Paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
30
-praxia
Action
31
-sthenia
Strength
32
Syncop/o
To cut off, cut short
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Tax/o
Order, coordination
