Nervous system vocab Flashcards
(34 cards)
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Cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
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Encephal/o
A
brain
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Gli/o
A
blue neurologic
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Mening/o
A
meninges
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Myel/o
A
spinal cord, bone marrow
6
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Neur/o
A
nerve mind
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Psych/o
A
mind
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Spin/o
A
spine
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Tox/o
A
toxic
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Para-
A
near beside beyond
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–al
A
pertaining to
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–algia
A
pain
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–cele
A
herniation, swelling
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–itis
A
inflammation
15
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–logist
A
specialist
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–logy
A
study of
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–lysis
A
separarion, destruction, loosening
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megaly
A
enlargement
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–oma
A
tumor
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osis
A
abnormal condition
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–pathy
A
disease
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–tome
A
instrument
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–tomy
A
incision, to cut.
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ANS
A
autonomic nervous system
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CNS
central nervous system
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CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
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CVA
cerebral vascular accident(stroke)
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PNS
peripheral nervous system
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Afferent
going toward the brain the sensory pathways
30
Arbor Vitae
tree like structure inside the cerebellum
31
Efferent
-going away from the brain/ the motor pathways
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Cauda Equina
-horse's tail the lower end of the spinal cord bundled together
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Corpus Callosum -
-bundle of nerves that connect the right and left hemispheres of the brain
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Hemisphere
2 halves of brain right and left hemisphere
