nervous system Flashcards
1
Q
algesi/o
A
pain
2
Q
caus/o
A
burning
3
Q
cerebell/o
A
little brain
4
Q
cerebr/o
A
brain, cerebrum
5
Q
comat/o
A
deep sleep, coma
6
Q
crani/o
A
skull
7
Q
dur/o
A
hard, dura mater
8
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
9
Q
esthesi/o
A
sensation
10
Q
gli/o
A
glue, support/connect
11
Q
gnos/o
A
to know
12
Q
kinesi/o
A
movement
13
Q
lex/o
A
word, phrase
14
Q
seizure
A
lept/o
15
Q
membranes, meninges
A
mening/o meningi/o
16
Q
spinal cord
A
myel/o
17
Q
sleep, stupor
A
narc/o
18
Q
nerve
A
neur/o
19
Q
phas/o
A
speech
20
Q
pont/o
A
pons
21
Q
nerve root
A
radicul/o
22
Q
body
A
somat/o
23
Q
sleep
A
somn/o
24
Q
spine
A
spin/o
25
vertebra
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
26
3 dimension, solid
stere/o
27
coordination
tax/o
28
thalamus
thalam/o
29
sheath, meninges
thec/o
30
place
top/o
31
ventricle
ventricul/o
32
vagus nerves / 10th cranial nerve
vag/o
33
pain
-algesia, algia
34
weakness
-asthenia
35
sensation
-esthesia
36
movement
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
37
seizure
-lepsy
38
partial paralysis
-paresis
39
speech
-phasia
40
paralysis
-plegia
41
action
-praxia
42
strength
-sthenia
43
ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
44
AVM
arteriovenous malformation
45
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
46
CT
computerized tomography
47
CVA
cerebrovascular accident
48
ICP
intracranial pressure
49
LP
lumbar puncture
50
MG
myasthenia gravis
51
MS
multiple sclerosis
52
PET
positron emitted tomography
53
TBI
traumatic brain injury
54
TIA
transient ischemic attack
55
sleep
hypn/o
56
knowledge
gnos/o
57
abnormal impulse toward something or someone
-mania
58
craving for, affinity for
-philia
59
feeling
-phoria
60
mind
-phrenia
