Ch 13- Nervous System And Mental Health Flashcards
Cephal/o
Head
Cerebell/o
Little brain, cerebellum
Cerebr/o
Brain, cerebrum
Crani/o
Skull, cranium
Encephal/o
Brain
Gangli/o
Swelling, knot
Mening/i, mening/o
Membrane
Myel/o
Spinal cord, medulla, myelin
Neur/o
Nerve
Phren/o
Mind
Psych/o
Mind
Radic/o, radicul/o
Nerve root
Vag/o
Vagus nerve
Ventricul/o
Little belly, ventricle
a-
Without, absence of
Par-
Alongside, abnormal
Esthesi/o
Sensation
Phasi/o
To speak
-asthenia
Weakness
-Algesia
Pain
Cephalalgia
Headache
Hyperalgesia
Excessive sensitivity to pain
Paresthesia
Abnormal sensation of numbness or tingling caused by injury to nerve
Syncope
Temporary loss of consciousness due to sudden reduction of blood flow to the brain
Ather/o
Fatty plaque
Embol/o
Plug
gli/o
Glue
Gnos/o
Knowledge
Narc/o
Numbness
My/o
Muscle
Poli/o
Gray
Thromb/o
Clot
Agnosia
Inability to process sensory info
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Progressive atrophy (loss) of muscle due to hardening of nervousness tissue on the lateral column of spinal cord
Bell palsy
Muscular paralysis of face
Concussion
From the Greek word concussio meaning shaking
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Deterioration of the myelin sheath
Myelitis
Inflammation of spinal cord
Paraplegia
Legs
Parkinson’s disease
Tremors, rigidity and shuffling gait
Poliomyelitis
Inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord, usually paralysis
Radic/o , rhiz/o
Nerve root
Dur/o
Hard
-iatry
Treatment, specialty
-lysis
To loosen or dissolve
Analegsic
Pain management- aspirin, ibuprofen
tPA
Powerful chemical that dissolves blood clots. Treatment for stroke
Somat/o
Body
Schiz/o
Divide, split
Phren/o
Mind
Neurosis
Emotional disorder, counterproductive way of handling stress
Dementia
Latin root “not in mind” - memory loss, confusion