Ch. 9 Nervous System Flashcards by Jaklynn Holbrook

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-tropic

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Turning

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-taxia

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Muscle coordination

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-sclerosis

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Hardening; thickening

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-rrhagic

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Pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-phasia

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Speech

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-paresis

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Weakness

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-orexia

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Appetite

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-lytic

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Pertaining to breakdown or destruction

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-lysis

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Breakdown; separation; loosening

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-leptic

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To seize; take hold of

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-lepsy

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Seizure

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-ion

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Process; state; condition

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-ia

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Condition

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-esthesia

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Feeling; sensation

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-emic

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Pertaining to blood condition

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-e

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Noun suffix with no meaning

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-cele

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Hernia; swelling; protrusion

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-algia

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Pain

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-algesia

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Pain; sensitivity

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-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic

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Pertaining to

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Sub-
•submarine

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Below; under

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Quadri-

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Four

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Post-

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After; behind

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Poly-
•a polynomial has many sides

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Much; many

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Par-, para-

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Near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

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Mono-

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One; single

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Intra-

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Within; into

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Hemi-

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Half

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Epi-

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On; over; upon

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En-

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In; within

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Dys-

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Painful; difficult

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Con-

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Together; with

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Bi-

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Two; both

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Ventricul/o

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Ventricle

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Troph/o

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Development; nourishment

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Traumat/o

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Trauma; injury; wound

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Thec/o

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Sheath (meninges)

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Thalam/o

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Thalamus

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Tempor/o

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The temples

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Tax/o

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Coordination; order

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Syncop/o

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To cut off; cut short; faint

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Synaps/o, synapt/o

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Point of contact; to join

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Somat/o

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Body

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Phas/o

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Speech

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Mening/o, meningi/o

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Meninges

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-um, -us

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Structure; tissue; thing

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Medull/o

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Medulla oblongata

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Lex/o

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Word

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Lamin/o

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Laminate (thin plate or layer; arch)

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Isch/o

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Back; to hold back

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Hypn/o

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Sleep

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Hydr/o
•what do you drink to stay hydrated?

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Water

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Gli/o

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Glue

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Esthes/o, esthesi/o

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Nervous sensation

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Dur/o

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Dura mater

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Contus/o

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To bruise

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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Cerebell/o

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Cerebell

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Anxi/o

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Anxious; uneasy

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Schiz/o

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Split

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Radicul/o

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Nerve root

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Pont/o

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Pons

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Poli/o

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Gray matter

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Pol/o

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Extreme

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Phren/o

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Mind

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Phob/o

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Fear