CH.5 Nervous system words

Question 1

CNS

Answer 1

• brain and spinal cord
• meninges (protective membrane)
• dura (tough outter layer)

Question 2

PNS

Answer 2

-nerves that send and receive signals from the brain

Question 3

cerebellum

Answer 3

• controls coordination of movement

- underneath cerebrum

Question 4

cerebrum

Answer 4

• largest portion of the brain
• controls voluntary movements

“little brain”

Question 5

cerebr/o

encephal/o

Answer 5

brain

cerebropathy, cerebrospinal, encephalitis

Question 6

cerebell/o

Answer 6

cerebellum

cerebellar, cerebellitis

Question 7

lob/o

Answer 7

lobe: smaller subdivision of any organ (IE. brain, liver, lungs, ears)

lobotomy, lobectomy

Phineas Gage: RR explosion lost brain frontal lobe, changed personality

Question 8

cephal/o

Answer 8

head

microcephaly, macroephaly

Question 9

crani/o

Answer 9

skull, head

craniometer, craniomalacia

hermicanias: migranes located on half of the head

Question 10

mening/o

meningi/o

Answer 10

meninges : membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord

meningitis, meningopathy

Question 11

dur/o

Answer 11

dura : tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord

epidural, subdural hematoma

“hard”
dura mater cerebri “tough mother of the brain”

Question 12

neur/o

Answer 12

nerve

nerualgia, neuropathy

“tendon / string “

Question 13

gangli/o

Answer 13

nerve bundle

“knot” gathered into a ball

Question 14

myel/o

Answer 14

spinal cord, bone marrow

myelitis, myelodysplasia

“the innermost part”
bone marrow center of bones
spinal cord center of the spine

Question 15

esthesi/o

Answer 15

feeling, sensation

anesthesia, hyperesthesia

Question 16

phas/o

Answer 16

speech

aphasia

tachyphasia

Question 17

phren/o

psych/o

Answer 17

mind

phrenetic, psychology

phren/o : also diaphragm&raquo_space; phrenospasm: hiccup

Question 18

somn/o
somn/i
hypn/o

Answer 18

sleep

somnography, insomia, hypnosis

Question 19

gnosi/o

Answer 19

know

agnosia, diagnosis, prognosis

Question 20

-mania

Answer 20

excessive desire

pyromania, kleptomania

Question 21

-phobia

Answer 21

excessive fear, sensitivity > symptoms or anxieties of

photopobia, hydrophobia

Question 22

ablutophobia

Answer 22

feat of taking a bath

Question 23

alektorophobia

Answer 23

fear of chickens

Question 24

cynophobia

Answer 24

fear of dogs

Question 25

dendrophobia

Answer 25

fear of trees

Question 26

gynophobia

Answer 26

fear of phobia

Question 27

ichthyphobia

Answer 27

fear of fish

Question 28

nyctophobia

Answer 28

fear of the night

Question 29

phobophobia

Answer 29

fear of being afraid

Question 30

triskaidekaphobia

Answer 30

fear of the number 13

Question 31

-paresis

Answer 31

slight or partial paraylsis

hemiparesis

“to let go / slacken “ : isolated paralysis

Question 32

ton/o

Answer 32

muscle tone, tension, pressure

dystonia, tonograph

Question 33

tax/o

Answer 33

arrangement, order, coordination

ataxia, hypotaxia, taxidermy

Question 34

-plegia

Answer 34

paralysis

quadriplegia

“to strike”

Question 35

-asthenia

Answer 35

weakness

myasathenia, phonasthenia