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Chapter 10 Flashcards

1
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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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dur/o

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dura mater

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encephal/o

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brain

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gli/o

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glial cells

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lept/o

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thin, slender

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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

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neur/o

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nerve

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pont/o

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pons

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radicul/o

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nerve root (spinal)

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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14
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thec/o

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sheath (refers to the meninges)

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15
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vag/o

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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

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alges/o, -algesia

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sensitivity to pain

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17
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-algia

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pain

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18
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caus/o

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burning

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comat/o

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coma

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esthesi/o, -esthesia

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feeling, nervous sensation

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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

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movement

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22
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-lepsy

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seizure

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lex/o

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work, phrase

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24
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-paresis

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weakness-p

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25
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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

27
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-praxia

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action

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-sthenia

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strength

29
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syncop/o

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to cut off, cut short (fainting)

30
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tax/o

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order, coordination

31
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vagus nerve

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carries messages to and from the neck chest and abdomen

32
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autonomic nervous system

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involuntary

33
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sympathetic

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stress, autonomic

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parasympathetic

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calming, autonomic

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astrocytes

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star like, transport water and salts between capillaries and neurons

36
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microglial cells

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protect neurons in response to inflammation

37
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oligodendroglial cells

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few dendrites

38
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ependymal cells

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line membranes within brain and spinal cord

39
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cerebrum

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thought, judgements, memory, association, discrimination

40
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gyri

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folds

41
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sulci

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grooves

42
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thalamus

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triage center

43
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hypothalamus

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body temp, sleep, appetite, sexual desire, emotions, regulates pituitary gland

44
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cerebellum

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voluntary, balance

45
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midbrain

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connection of brain parts

46
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pons

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face and eye movemet

47
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medulla oblongata

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left to right side of body, right to left side of body, regulate heart, blood vessels, and respiratory system

48
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cauda equina

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fan of nerve fibers

49
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gray matter, polio-

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cell bodies and dendrites

50
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white matter

A

myelin sheaths

51
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chronic traumatic encephalopathy

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CTE, repetitive brain trauma

52
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-blast

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immature

53
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par-

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abnormal

54
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narc/o

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sleep

55
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amyotropic lateral sclerosis

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ALS, lou gergirhs, degenerative disorder of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem

56
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myasthenia gravis

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autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of voluntary muscles

57
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herpes zostar

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shingles, viral infection affecting peripheral nerves

58
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human immunodeficiency virus encephalopathy

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HIV, brain disease and dementia occurring with AIDs

59
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cerebral contusion

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bruising of brain from concussion

60
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cerebrovascular accident (stroke)

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thrombotic (blood clot, transient ischemic attacks) embolic (blood clot blocks) hemorrhagic (bursts)

61
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positron emission tomography

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radioactive glucose is injected and then detected in the brain to image the metabolic activity of cells

62
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doppler ultrasound studies

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sound waves detect blood flow in the carotid and intracranial arteries

MMSC 200 (15 decks)

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