Vocab Flashcards
(41 cards)
1
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sensory, toward CNS
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afferent
2
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motor, away from CNS
A
efferent
3
Q
collection of cell bodies or nuclie
A
ganglion
4
Q
brain
A
encephalon
5
Q
bundle of axons (little cord)
A
funiculus
6
Q
bundle of faniculi
A
fasciculus, tract
7
Q
bundle of ascending axons
A
column
8
Q
bundle of sensory fibers in the brainstem (Greek for ribbon or group of threads)
A
lemniscus
9
Q
crossing point
A
commisure, decussation
10
Q
grooves on the brain surface
A
sulci
11
Q
convolutions on the brain surface
A
gyri
12
Q
a section of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve
A
dermatome
13
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group of muscles innervated by a single spinal nerve
A
myotome
14
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white section, hard section
A
sclerotome
15
Q
have or produce branches
A
arborization
16
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glue
A
glia
17
Q
nerve
A
neuro
18
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tree like
A
dendro
19
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to connect
A
syna
20
Q
body
A
soma
21
Q
water
A
hydro
22
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spinal cord
A
myel
23
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few or small
A
oligo
24
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chemical substance
A
ligand
25
opposite ends
polar
26
excessive
hyper
27
transports
vesicles
28
inside
endo
29
pain
noci
30
tissue not in normal place
ectopic
31
made tissue
endogenous
32
white, pale, old
paleo
33
new
neo
34
means coming from the brain
top down
35
pain
-dynia
36
not original to the structure
allo
37
decrease or regulate
modulate
38
stems from Greek "hemikranion" - half skull
migraine
39
running before
prodromal
40
take away
ablate
41
root
rhizo
