CH.5 Nervous system words Flashcards
CNS
- brain and spinal cord
- meninges (protective membrane)
- dura (tough outter layer)
PNS
-nerves that send and receive signals from the brain
cerebellum
- controls coordination of movement
- underneath cerebrum
cerebrum
- largest portion of the brain
- controls voluntary movements
“little brain”
cerebr/o
encephal/o
brain
cerebropathy, cerebrospinal, encephalitis
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebellar, cerebellitis
lob/o
lobe: smaller subdivision of any organ (IE. brain, liver, lungs, ears)
lobotomy, lobectomy
Phineas Gage: RR explosion lost brain frontal lobe, changed personality
cephal/o
head
microcephaly, macroephaly
crani/o
skull, head
craniometer, craniomalacia
hermicanias: migranes located on half of the head
mening/o
meningi/o
meninges : membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
meningitis, meningopathy
dur/o
dura : tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
epidural, subdural hematoma
“hard”
dura mater cerebri “tough mother of the brain”
neur/o
nerve
nerualgia, neuropathy
“tendon / string “
gangli/o
nerve bundle
“knot” gathered into a ball
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
myelitis, myelodysplasia
“the innermost part”
bone marrow center of bones
spinal cord center of the spine
esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
anesthesia, hyperesthesia
phas/o
speech
aphasia
tachyphasia
phren/o
psych/o
mind
phrenetic, psychology
phren/o : also diaphragm»_space; phrenospasm: hiccup
somn/o
somn/i
hypn/o
sleep
somnography, insomia, hypnosis
gnosi/o
know
agnosia, diagnosis, prognosis
-mania
excessive desire
pyromania, kleptomania
-phobia
excessive fear, sensitivity > symptoms or anxieties of
photopobia, hydrophobia
ablutophobia
feat of taking a bath
alektorophobia
fear of chickens
cynophobia
fear of dogs
dendrophobia
fear of trees
gynophobia
fear of phobia
ichthyphobia
fear of fish
nyctophobia
fear of the night
phobophobia
fear of being afraid
triskaidekaphobia
fear of the number 13
-paresis
slight or partial paraylsis
hemiparesis
“to let go / slacken “ : isolated paralysis
ton/o
muscle tone, tension, pressure
dystonia, tonograph
tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
ataxia, hypotaxia, taxidermy
-plegia
paralysis
quadriplegia
“to strike”
-asthenia
weakness
myasathenia, phonasthenia