nervous system - terminology Flashcards
(97 cards)
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What does ‘alges’ refer to?
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Sense of pain
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What is an ‘analgesic’?
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A substance that relieves pain
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What does ‘encephal’ refer to?
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Brain
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What does ‘myel’ refer to?
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Spinal cord
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What does ‘angi’ refer to?
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Vessel
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What is an ‘angiogram’?
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A record of blood vessels
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What does ‘esthesi’ refer to?
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Feeling/sensation
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What does ‘neur’ refer to?
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Nerve
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What does ‘arteri’ refer to?
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Artery
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What is ‘arteriothrombus’?
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Pertaining to a clot of the artery
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What does ‘gli’ refer to?
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Glue
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What is a ‘glioma’?
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A tumor of glial cells
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What does ‘poli’ refer to?
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Gray matter
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What is ‘poliomyelitis’?
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Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord
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What does ‘astr’ refer to?
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Star
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What is an ‘astrocytoma’?
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Star cell tumor
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What does ‘hemat’ refer to?
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Blood
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What does ‘pont’ refer to?
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Pons
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What does ‘cephal’ refer to?
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Head
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What does ‘cephalic’ mean?
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Pertaining to the head
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What does ‘hem’ refer to?
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Blood
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What does ‘radicul’ refer to?
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Nerve root
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What does ‘cerebell’ refer to?
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Cerebellum
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What is ‘cerebellitis’?
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Inflammation of the cerebellum
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What does 'hydr' refer to?
Water
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What does 'scler' refer to?
Hard
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What does 'cerebr' refer to?
Cerebrum
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What does 'cerebral' mean?
Pertaining to the cerebrum
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What does 'isch' refer to?
To hold back
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What is 'ischemia'?
Pertaining to hold back blood
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What does 'thalam' refer to?
Thalamus
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What does 'clon' refer to?
Rapid contracting and relaxing
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What is 'tonic-clonic'?
A type of seizure involving muscle contractions
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What does 'later' refer to?
Side
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What does 'thec' refer to?
Sheath
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What does 'concuss' mean?
To shake violently
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What is a 'concussion'?
A brain injury caused by shaking
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What does 'lumb' refer to?
Low back
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What does 'tom' mean?
To cut
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What does 'crani' refer to?
Skull
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What does 'cranial' mean?
Pertaining to the skull
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What does 'medull' refer to?
Medulla or medulla oblongata
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What does 'ton' refer to?
Muscle Tone
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What does 'cyte' refer to?
Cell
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What does 'mening' refer to?
Meninges
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What does 'vascul' refer to?
Blood vessel
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What does 'dur' refer to?
Dura mater
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What does 'meningi' refer to?
Meninges
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What does 'ventricul' refer to?
Ventricle
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What does 'electr' refer to?
Electricity
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What does 'ment' refer to?
Mind
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What does 'vertebr' refer to?
Vertebra
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What does the suffix '-al' mean?
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix '-ia' mean?
Condition, state
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What does the suffix '-paresis' mean?
Weakness
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What does the suffix '-algia' mean?
Pain
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What does the suffix '-ic' mean?
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix '-pathy' mean?
Disease
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What does the suffix '-ar' mean?
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix '-ine' mean?
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix '-phasia' mean?
Speech
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What does the suffix '-ary' mean?
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix '-ion' mean?
Action
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What does the suffix '-plasty' mean?
Surgical repair
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What does the suffix '-asthenia' mean?
Weakness
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What does the suffix '-itis' mean?
Inflammation
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What does the suffix '-plegia' mean?
Paralysis
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What does the suffix '-cele' mean?
Protrusion
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What does the suffix '-logy' mean?
Study of
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What does the suffix '-rrhaphy' mean?
Suture
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What does the suffix '-eal' mean?
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix '-nic' mean?
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix '-taxia' mean?
Muscle coordination
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What does the suffix '-ectomy' mean?
Surgical removal
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What does the suffix '-oma' mean?
Tumor, mass
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What does the suffix '-tic' mean?
Pertaining to
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What does the suffix '-gram' mean?
Record
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What does the suffix '-osis' mean?
Abnormal condition
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What does the suffix '-trophic' mean?
Pertaining to development
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What does the suffix '-graphy' mean?
Process of recording
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What does the suffix '-otomy' mean?
Cutting into
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What does 'cerebellar' mean?
Pertaining to the cerebellum
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What does 'cerebrospinal' mean?
Pertaining to the cerebrum and spine
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What does 'encephalic' mean?
Pertaining to the brain
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What does 'intracranial' mean?
Pertaining to within the skull
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What does 'intrathecal' mean?
Pertaining to within the meninges, specifically the subdural or subarachnoid space
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What does 'medullary' mean?
Pertaining to the medulla oblongata
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What does 'meningeal' mean?
Pertaining to the meninges
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What does 'myelonic' mean?
Pertaining to the spinal cord
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What does 'neural' mean?
Pertaining to the nerves
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What does 'neuroglial' mean?
Pertaining to the support cells, glial cells, of nerves
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What does 'pontine' mean?
Pertaining to the pons
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What does 'spinal' mean?
Pertaining to the spine
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What does 'subdural' mean?
Pertaining to under the dura mater
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What does 'thalamic' mean?
Pertaining to the thalamus
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What does 'ventricular' mean?
Pertaining to the ventricles
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What does 'vertebral' mean?
Pertaining to the vertebrae
