The Nervous System Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
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alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
2
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angi/
A
vessel (blood)
3
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caus/o
A
burn; burning
4
Q
cephal/o
A
head
5
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
6
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
7
Q
comat/o
A
deep sleep
8
Q
crani/o
A
skull
9
Q
cry/o
A
cold
10
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater (think outermost menbrane of the 3 layer maninges that surround the brain)
11
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
12
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esthesi/o
A
nervous sensation
13
Q
gli/o
A
glial cells; neuroglial cells
14
Q
hyrd/o
A
water
15
Q
kines/o, kinesi/o
A
movement
16
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lept/o
A
thin, slender
17
Q
lex/o
A
word; phrase
18
Q
mening/o, meningi/o
A
meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord & brain)
19
Q
my/o
A
muscle
20
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord; bone marrow
21
Q
narc/o
A
numbness; stupor; sleep
22
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
23
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olig/o
A
scanty
24
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pont/o
A
pons ( a part of the brain)
25
radicul/o
nerve root
26
spin/o
spine (backbone)
27
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short; faint
28
tax/o
order; coordination
29
thalam/o
thalamus (midline structure between two halves of brain)
30
thec/o
sheath
31
troph/o
nourishment; development
32
vag/o
vagus nerve (tenth cranial nerve)
33
polio-
gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
34
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
35
-cele
hernia
36
-esthesia
nervous sensation
37
-ine
a substance, chemical, chemical compound
38
-ose
full of; pertaining to; sugar
39
-paresis
weakness
40
-phasia
speech
41
-plegia
paralysis; palsy
42
-praxia
action
43
-ptosis
droop; sag; prolapse; protrude
44
-sclerosis
hardening
45
-sthenia
strength
