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Ch. 10 Word Elements for the Anatomy of the Nervous System Flashcards

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nerv/o

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nerve

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neur/o

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nerve, sinew

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crani/o

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cranium (portion of the skull that encloses the brain)

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cephal/o

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head

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encephal/o

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brain

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-encephalon

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brain

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum (largest part of the brain), brain

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum, little brain

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pont/o

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pons, bridge-like structure

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limb/o

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limbic system, border

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hippocamp/o

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hippocampus, seahorse

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thalam/o

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thalamus (mass of gray matter located in the diencephalon), chamber, inner room

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amygdal/o

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amygdala (almond-shaped nuclei in the temporal lobe), almond, tonsil

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nucle/o

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nucleus (group of neuronal cell bodies), core, little nut or kernel

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mening/o

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meninx (one of the three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord), membrane

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lept/o

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thin

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-meninx

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meninx (one of the three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord), membrane

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pachy-

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thick

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pach/o

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thick

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arachn/o

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arachnoid membrane, spider, spider-like

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dur/o

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dura mater membrane, hard

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lob/o

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lobe

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gyr/o

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gyrus (a convolution of the cerebrum), circle, ring

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sulc/o

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sulcus (groove of brain), furrow, groove

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fissur/o
fissure, deep, groove
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ventricul/o
ventricle (of the brain), cavity
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cortic/o
cortex (cerebrum), outer layer, bark
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myel/o
spinal cord, marrow
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medull/o
medulla, marrow
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poli/o
gray, gray matter of CNS
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fascicul/o
fascicle, bundle of longitudinal fibers
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funicul/o
funicle, rope-like
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radicul/o
nerve root, root
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radic/o
nerve root, root
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rhiz/o
nerve root, root
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ram/o
nerve branch, branch
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plex/o
plexus (interwoven network of nerves, blood, lymphatic vessels)
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gangli/o
ganglion (groups of nerve cells)
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gli/o
glia (supporting tissue of the nervous system), glue
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somat/o
body (body of neuron)
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som/o
body (body of neuron)
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-some
body (body of neuron)
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dendr/o
dendrite (part of neuron), tree, branched structure
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ax/o
axon (long process of a neuron), axle, axis
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not/o
the back
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spin/o
spine, thorn, vertebral column
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vertebr/o
vertebra, back bone
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spondyl/o
vertebra
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corticoefferent
bearing away from the cortex
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pachymeninges
thick dura mater
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leptomeninges
thin dura mater
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dura mater
hard, thick membrane
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pia mater
"devoted mother," closest to the brain
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matricide
killing mother
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cryothalamectomy
destruction of a portion of the thalamus by application of extreme cold
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thalamophora
carrying a chamber
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astroglia
shaped like a star
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ectoglia
outside glue or cell
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polioclastic
eating neurons, gray matter
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nuciferous
bearing nuts
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nuciform
shaped like a nut or kernel
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radicivorous
eats roots
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Galen's notiaios myelonos
spinal cord
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Galen's parenkephalis
cerebellum (alongside the brain)
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hydrocephalus
accumulation of excessive amounts of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles
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afferent - moving towards
-petal
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efferent - moving away
-fugal
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fissura
anatomical groove that is typically the deepest and commonly associated with separating lobes on an organ
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fossa
a small cavity or depression, as in a bone
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sulcus
a furrow, groove, or fissure esp. on the surface of the brain

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