Chapter 10 Flashcards by Ava Herbert

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cerebell

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cerebellum

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cerebr

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cerebrum

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dur

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dura matter

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encephal

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brain

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gli

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glial cells

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lept

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thin

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mening/meningi

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meninges

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my

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muscle

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myel

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spinal cord

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neur

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nerve

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pont

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pons

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radicul

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nerve root

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thalam

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thalamus

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thec

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sheath

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-alges/algesia

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sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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pain

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caus

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burning

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comat

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deep sleep/coma

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esthesi/-esthesia

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nervous sensation

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kines/kinesia/-kinetic

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movement

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-lepsy

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seizure

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lex

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word

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-paresis

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weakness

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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-praxia

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action

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-sthenia

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strength

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syncop

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to cut off

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tax

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order

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AD

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Alzheimer disease

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AFP

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alpha-fetoprotein

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ALS

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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AVM

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arteriovenous malformation

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BBB

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blood-brain barrier

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CSF

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cerebrospinal fluid

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CVA

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cerebrovascular accident

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EEG

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electroencephalography

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GABA

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gamma-aminobutyric acid

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ICP

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intracranial pressure

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LP

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lumbar puncture

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MAC

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monitored anesthetic care

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MG

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myasthenia gravis

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MRA

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magnetic resonance angiography

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MRI

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magnetic resonance imaging

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MS

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multiple sclerosis

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1/2 P

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hemiparesis

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PCA

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patient-controlled analgesia

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PET

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positron emission tomography

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PNS

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peripheral nervous system

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PSRS

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proton stereotactic radiosurgery

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Sz

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seizure

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TBI

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traumatic brain injury

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TENS

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transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

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TIA

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transient ischemic attack

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TLE

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temporal lobe epilepsy

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tPA

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tissue plasminogen activator;

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anesthesiology

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study of no feeling

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anesthesiologist

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specialist of no feeling

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anesthetist

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specialist who administers drug

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anesthesia

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condition of no feeling

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anesthetic

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A drug producing no feeling

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morphine

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narcotic that relaxes and slows metabolism

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atropine

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decreases respiratory secretions and vomit reflex

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valium

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decreases anxiety and apprehension