Chapter 10: Nervous System Flashcards

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1
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alges/o

A

sensitivity to pain

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2
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angi/o

A

vessel

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3
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caus/o

A

burning

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4
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cephal/o

A

head

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5
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cerebell/o

A

cerebellum

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6
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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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7
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comat/o

A

deep sleep (coma)

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crani/o

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cranium

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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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11
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encephal/o

A

brain

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esthesi/o

A

feeling

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13
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gli/o

A

glial cells (glue)

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14
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hydr/o

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water

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15
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kines/o

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movement

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kinesi/o

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movement

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17
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lept/o

A

thin, slender

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18
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lex/o

A

word, phrase

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19
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mening/o

A

meninges, membranes

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20
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my/o

A

muscle

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21
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myel/o

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spinal cord

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22
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narc/o

A

numbness

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23
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neur/o

A

nerve

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24
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olig/o

A

scanty

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25
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pont/o

A

pons

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26
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radicul/o

A

nerve root

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27
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spin/o

A

spine

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28
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syncop/o

A

to cut off; to cut short

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29
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tax/o

A

order

30
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thalam/o

A

thalamus

31
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thec/o

A

sheath

32
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troph/o

A

development

33
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vag/o

A

vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

34
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a-, an-

A

no, not, without

35
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dys-

A

bad, painful

36
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epi-

A

above

37
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hemi-

A

half

38
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hyper-

A

excessive

39
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hypo-

A

below, deficient

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intra-

A

between

41
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-algesia

A

excesssive sensitivity to pain

42
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-algia

A

pain

43
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-blast

A

immature

44
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-cele

A

hernia

45
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-esthesia

A

feeling; nervous sensation

46
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-gram

A

record

47
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-grpahy

A

process of recording

48
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-ine

A

substance

49
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-itis

A

inflammation

50
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-kinesia

A

movement

51
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-kinesis

A

movement

52
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-kinestic

A

movement

53
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-lepsy

A

seizure

54
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micro-

A

small

55
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para-

A

near, beside

56
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polio-

A

gray matter

57
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poly-

A

many

58
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quadri-

A

four

59
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sub-

A

below

60
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-ose

A

full of; pertaining to; sugar

61
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-paresis

A

weakness

62
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-pathy

A

emotion, disease

63
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-phagia

A

swallowing, condition of eating

64
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-phasia

A

speech

65
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-plegia

A

paralysis

66
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-praxia

A

action

67
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-ptosis

A

falling, drooping, prolapse

68
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-sclerosis

A

hardening

69
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-sthenia

A

strength

70
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-tomy

A

process of cutting

71
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-trophy

A

development