Chapter 10 Flashcards
Kines/o
Movement
Neur/o
Nerve
My/o
Muscle
Vag/o
Vagus nerve
Radicul/o
Nerve root
Tax/o
Coordination
Myel/o
Spinal cord
Esthesi/o
Sensations, feelings (pin and needles effect)
Hypo
Excessive
Hemi-
Half
Poly-
Many
Dys-
Pain
-algesia
Sensitivity to pain
-paresis
Muscle weakness
-phasia
Speech
-ptosis
Dropping
-plegia
Paralysis
-sthenia
Strength
-praxia
Action
Slow movement
Bradykinesia
Seizure of sleep
Causalgia
Synapse
Fainting
Ataxia
No coordination
Slight paralysis in half the body
Hemiparesis
Apraxia
Movements not made on purpose
Epilepsy
Sudden transient disturbances of brain functions
Nuerorapphy
Suture of divided nerves
Motor nerves
Movement nerves
Myelin sheath
Covers axon on nerves
Paresis
Muscle weakness
Demyelination
Damage to myelin sheath
Meningioma
Benign tumor that forms
Neurasthenia
Medical condition by fatigue and headache