Nervous System: Word Parts & Vocabulary Flashcards by ERIN HANSEN | Brainscape

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Cerebr/o

A

Cerebrum

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Gli/o

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Glue/Neurologic Tissue

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Mening/o, Meningi/o

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Meninges

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Myel/o

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Bone Marrow/Spinal Cord

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Spin/o

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Spine

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Tox/o, Toxic/o

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Toxic

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Para-

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Near, beside, beyond

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-cele

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Herniation, swelling

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logist

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Specialist

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-logy

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Study of

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-lysis

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Separation, destruction, loosening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-pathy

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Disease

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-tome

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Instrument to cut

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-tomy

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Incision, to cut

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ANS

A

Autonomic Nervous System

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CNS

A

Central Nervous System

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CSF

A

Cerebral Spinal Fluid

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CVA

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Cerebral Vascular Accident (Stroke)

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PNS

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Peripheral Nervous System

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Afferent

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Toward brain - sensory pathways

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Arbor Vitea

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Tree-like structure in cerebellum

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Efferent

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Away from brain - motor pathways

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Cauda Equina

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“Horses Tail” - lower end of spinal cord bundled together

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Corpus Callosum

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Bundle of nerves connect left & right hemispheres

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Hemisphere

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2 halves of brain - right & left