Chapter 10 Flashcards by Jennifer Mosqueda | Brainscape

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Cerebellar

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Pertaining to the cerebrum

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Cerebell/o

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Cerebellum

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Encephalopathy

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Brain disease

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-algesia

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Sensitivity to pain

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord

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Abbreviation: ALS

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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Cerebellum

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Smallest part of the brain

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Abbreviation: Sz

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Seizure

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-paresis

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Weakness

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Thalamic

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Pertaining to the thalamus

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My/o

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Muscle

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Neuropathy

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Disease of the nerve

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Narcolepsy

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Sudden compulsion to sleep

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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Thalam/o

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Thalamus

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Glioblastoma

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Malignant tumor of the glial cells

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Neuralgia

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Nerve pain

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Abbreviation: AD

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Alzheimer Disease

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Hemiplegia

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Paralysis on one side of the body

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-phasia

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Speech

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Syncopal

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Pertaining to cutting off

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Gli/o

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Glial cells

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Abbreviation: CNS

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Central Nervous System

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Abbreviation: MS

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Caus/o

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Burning

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Abbreviation: LP

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Lumbar Puncture

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Abbreviation: CVA

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Cerebrovascular Accident

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Abbreviation: CSF

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Cerebrospinal Fluid

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Abbreviation: MRI

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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Meningeal

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Pertaining to the meninges

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Bradykinesia

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Slow movement

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Cerebrovascular

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Pertaining to the vessels in the cerebrum

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Encephalitis

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Inflammation of the brain

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Radicul/o

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Nerve root (of spinal nerves)

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Abbreviation: CT

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Computed Tomography

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Quadriplegia

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Paralysis of all four excremities

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Meningi/o

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Meninges

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Polyneuritis

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Inflammation of more than one (many) nerve

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Abbreviation: EEG

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Electroencephalography

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Syncop/o

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To cut off, cut short

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Aphasia

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No/without speech

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Dyslexia

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Difficulty reading (developmental reading disorder)

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Abbreviation: TIA

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Transient Ischemic Attack