unit 15 Flashcards by jenni hotvedt

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CNS

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central nervous system

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encephal/o

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brain

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cephal/o

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head

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crani/o

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skull

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum- balance and coordination

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum- “thinking” part

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cognitive

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ability to think, learn, memorize

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mening/o mening/i

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meninges- layers around brain

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radic/o radicul/o rhiz/o

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nerve root

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mononeuropathy

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condition that effects single nerve

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mono

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one

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neur/o

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nerve

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-pathy

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disease

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myel/o

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spinal cord/bone marrow

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sensory organs

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ears eyes nose skin tongue

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anesthesiologist

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numbs for operations

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an

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without

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esthesi/o

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feeling

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-ologist

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specialized

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psychologist

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studies brain activity

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psych/o

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mind/emotion

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psychiatrist

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brain specialist-issue medications

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-iatrist

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specialist

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-iatry

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study of

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conscious

alert, aware, responsive

A&O

alert and oriented

syncopal episode

faint

LOC

loss of consciousness

coma

deep state of unconsciousness

aneurysm

balloon like enlargement in artery

stroke

inturruption of blood flow to brain

TIA

transiet ischemic attack

aphasia

without speech

a

without

-phasia

speech

hyperesthesia

increased feeling

hyper

increased

-esthesia

feeling

convulsion

seizure

-ictal

seizure

preictal

pre suizure

postictal

post seizure

CP

cerebral palsy

sciatica

pain affecting back, hip, outer leg

-paresis -plegia

paralysis

hemiparesis/hemiplegia

paralysis on one side of the body

paraplegia

paralysis from the waist down

quadriplegia

paralysis of all four extremities

monoplegia

paralysis of one limb

ADD

attention deficit disorder

ADHD

attention deficit/hyperacivity disorder

concussion

violent shaking of the brain

A+Ox3

alert and oriented times 3 (person place and time)

MS

multiple sclerosis

CAT

computed axial tomography

PERRLA

pupils are equal, round responsive to light and accomadation

analgesic

drug that relieves pain without affecting consiousnes

anesthesia

absense of pain

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

EEG

electroencephalograms

HA

headache