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Ch 13- Nervous System And Mental Health Flashcards

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1
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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cerebell/o

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Little brain, cerebellum

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Cerebr/o

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Brain, cerebrum

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Crani/o

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Skull, cranium

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Gangli/o

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Swelling, knot

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Mening/i, mening/o

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Membrane

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord, medulla, myelin

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Phren/o

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Mind

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Radic/o, radicul/o

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Nerve root

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Vag/o

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Vagus nerve

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Ventricul/o

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Little belly, ventricle

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a-

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Without, absence of

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Par-

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Alongside, abnormal

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Esthesi/o

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Sensation

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Phasi/o

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To speak

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-Algesia

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Pain

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21
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Cephalalgia

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Headache

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Hyperalgesia

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Excessive sensitivity to pain

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Paresthesia

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Abnormal sensation of numbness or tingling caused by injury to nerve

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Syncope

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Temporary loss of consciousness due to sudden reduction of blood flow to the brain

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Ather/o

A

Fatty plaque

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Embol/o

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Plug

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gli/o

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Glue

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Gnos/o

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Knowledge

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Narc/o

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Numbness

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My/o

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Muscle

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Poli/o

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Gray

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Thromb/o

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Clot

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Agnosia

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Inability to process sensory info

34
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Progressive atrophy (loss) of muscle due to hardening of nervousness tissue on the lateral column of spinal cord

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Bell palsy

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Muscular paralysis of face

36
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Concussion

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From the Greek word concussio meaning shaking

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Multiple sclerosis (MS)

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Deterioration of the myelin sheath

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Myelitis

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Inflammation of spinal cord

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Paraplegia

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Legs

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Parkinson’s disease

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Tremors, rigidity and shuffling gait

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Poliomyelitis

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Inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord, usually paralysis

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Radic/o , rhiz/o

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Nerve root

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Dur/o

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Hard

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-iatry

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Treatment, specialty

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-lysis

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To loosen or dissolve

46
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Analegsic

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Pain management- aspirin, ibuprofen

47
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tPA

A

Powerful chemical that dissolves blood clots. Treatment for stroke

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Somat/o

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Body

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Schiz/o

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Divide, split

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Phren/o

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Mind

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Neurosis

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Emotional disorder, counterproductive way of handling stress

52
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Dementia

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Latin root “not in mind” - memory loss, confusion

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