Chap 10, Nervous System, Terminology, Combining Forms, Prefixes, Suffixes Flashcards by Viki Proestakis

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alges/o, -algesia

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excessive sensitivity to pain

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angi/o

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vessel (blood)

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caus/o

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burning

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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comat/o

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deep sleep (coma)

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crani/o

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skull

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cry/o

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cold

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dur/o

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dura mater

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encephal/o

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brain

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esthesi/o

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feeling, nervous sensation

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gli/o

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glio cells

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hydr/o

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water

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kines/o, kinesi/o

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movement

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lept/o

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thin, slender

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lex/o

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word, phrase

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mening/o, meningi/o

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membranes, meninges

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord or bone marrow

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narc/o

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numbness, stupor, sleep

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neur/o

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nerve

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olig/o

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scanty

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pont/o

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pons

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radicul/o

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nerve root of spinal nerves

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spin/o

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spine, backbone

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syncop/o

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to cut off, cut short, faint

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tax/o

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order, coordination

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thec/o

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sheath (refers to the meninges)

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troph/o

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nourishment, development

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vag/o

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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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epi-

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above, upon, on

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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deficient, below, under, less than normal

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intra-

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within; into

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micro-

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small

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para-

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near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of

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polio-

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gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

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poly-

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many; much; increased

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quadri-

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four

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sub-

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under; below

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-algesia

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excessive sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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pain

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-blast

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embryonic; immature cell

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-cele

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hernia

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-esthesia

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feeling, nervous sensation

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-gram

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record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ine

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pertaining to

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-itis

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inflammation

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-kinesia, -kinesis

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movement

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-kinetic

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movement

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-oma

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tumor; mass; fluid collection

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-ose

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full of; pertaining to; sugar

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-paresis

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weakness

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-pathy

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disease; emotion

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-phagia

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condition of eating or swallowing

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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

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paralysis; loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body

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-praxia

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action

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-ptosis

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falling; drooping; prolapse

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-sthenia

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strength

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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-trophy

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nourishment; development; (condition of)