Units 7 & 8 Flashcards
(54 cards)
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arachn/o
A
spider
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cephal/o
A
head
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum; the brain
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cortic/o
A
outer covering
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encephal/o
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brain
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ganglio
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ganglia
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gli/o
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glue
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hydr/o
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water
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iatr/o
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physician
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-mania
A
“morbid attraction to”
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meningio
A
a membrane
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ment/o
A
referring to the mind
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-mnesia
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memory
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myel/o
A
in connection with the nervous system
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neur/o
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a nerve cell
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-oid
A
like
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-paresis
A
weakness; loss of movement
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-phasia
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speech
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-phobia
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unreasonable fear
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-plegia
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paralyzed
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psycho-
A
referring to the mind
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schizo
A
to split
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spin/o
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referring to the spinal cord
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ANS
the parts of the PNS that carry messages between the CNS and organs that function autonomously
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Arachnoid Mater
delicate weblike meninges (middle layer)
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CNS
the subdivision of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord
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diencephalon
the part of the brain that contains both the thalamus and the hypothalamus
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dura mater
fibrous outer meninges
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leptomeninx
term for the arachnoid mater and pia mater
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mesencephalon
midbrain
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neuroglia
cells that are in the CNS and PNS
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pia mater
inner layer of the meninges
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medulla oblongata
sends sensory information to the thalamus to direst autonomous functions (heartbeat)
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brain stem
controls involuntary functions
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cerebellum
controls the skeletal muscles
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cerebral cortex
the grey matter surrounding the cerebrum
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cerebrum
controls conscious thought and memory (largest portion of the brain
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pons
passes information to the cerebellum and thalamus
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thalamus
processes sensory info
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frontal lobe
voluntary muscle movement
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ganglia
in the PNS
43
hypothalamus
hormone and emotion center
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somnabulism
sleep walking
45
syncope
fainting
46
vertigo
dizziness
47
Cushing's
too much hydrocortisone
48
gigantism
overgrowth before puberty
49
triiodothyronine
T3
50
Thyroxine
T4
51
adenitis
inflammation of a gland
52
diabetes insipidus
posterior pituitary does not produce enough ADH
53
hypophysis
pituitary gland
54
Grave's Disease
hyperthyroidism; too much T4
