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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

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fissure, deep, groove

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ventricul/o

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ventricle (of the brain), cavity

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cortic/o

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cortex (cerebrum), outer layer, bark

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myel/o

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spinal cord, marrow

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medull/o

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medulla, marrow

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poli/o

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gray, gray matter of CNS

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fascicul/o

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fascicle, bundle of longitudinal fibers

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funicul/o

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funicle, rope-like

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radicul/o

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nerve root, root

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radic/o

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nerve root, root

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rhiz/o

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nerve root, root

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ram/o

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nerve branch, branch

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plex/o

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plexus (interwoven network of nerves, blood, lymphatic vessels)

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gangli/o

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ganglion (groups of nerve cells)

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gli/o

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glia (supporting tissue of the nervous system), glue

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somat/o

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body (body of neuron)

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som/o

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body (body of neuron)

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-some

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body (body of neuron)

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dendr/o

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dendrite (part of neuron), tree, branched structure

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ax/o

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axon (long process of a neuron), axle, axis

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not/o

46
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spin/o

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spine, thorn, vertebral column

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vertebr/o

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vertebra, back bone

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spondyl/o

49
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corticoefferent

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bearing away from the cortex

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pachymeninges

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thick dura mater

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leptomeninges

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thin dura mater

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dura mater

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hard, thick membrane

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pia mater

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“devoted mother,” closest to the brain

54
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matricide

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killing mother

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cryothalamectomy

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destruction of a portion of the thalamus by application of extreme cold

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thalamophora

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carrying a chamber

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astroglia

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shaped like a star

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ectoglia

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outside glue or cell

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polioclastic

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eating neurons, gray matter

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nuciferous

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bearing nuts

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nuciform

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shaped like a nut or kernel

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radicivorous

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eats roots

63
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Galen’s notiaios myelonos

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spinal cord

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Galen’s parenkephalis

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cerebellum (alongside the brain)

65
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hydrocephalus

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accumulation of excessive amounts of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles

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afferent - moving towards

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efferent - moving away

68
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fissura

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anatomical groove that is typically the deepest and commonly associated with separating lobes on an organ

69
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fossa

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a small cavity or depression, as in a bone

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sulcus

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a furrow, groove, or fissure esp. on the surface of the brain

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