Chapter 10: Nervous System Flashcards
1
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alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
2
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angi/o
A
vessel
3
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caus/o
A
burning
4
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cephal/o
A
head
5
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
6
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
7
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comat/o
A
deep sleep (coma)
8
Q
crani/o
A
cranium
9
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cry/o
A
cold
10
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dur/o
A
dura mater
11
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encephal/o
A
brain
12
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esthesi/o
A
feeling
13
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gli/o
A
glial cells (glue)
14
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hydr/o
A
water
15
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kines/o
A
movement
16
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kinesi/o
A
movement
17
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lept/o
A
thin, slender
18
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lex/o
A
word, phrase
19
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mening/o
A
meninges, membranes
20
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my/o
A
muscle
21
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myel/o
A
spinal cord
22
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narc/o
A
numbness
23
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neur/o
A
nerve
24
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olig/o
A
scanty
25
pont/o
pons
26
radicul/o
nerve root
27
spin/o
spine
28
syncop/o
to cut off; to cut short
29
tax/o
order
30
thalam/o
thalamus
31
thec/o
sheath
32
troph/o
development
33
vag/o
vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
34
a-, an-
no, not, without
35
dys-
bad, painful
36
epi-
above
37
hemi-
half
38
hyper-
excessive
39
hypo-
below, deficient
40
intra-
between
41
-algesia
excesssive sensitivity to pain
42
-algia
pain
43
-blast
immature
44
-cele
hernia
45
-esthesia
feeling; nervous sensation
46
-gram
record
47
-grpahy
process of recording
48
-ine
substance
49
-itis
inflammation
50
-kinesia
movement
51
-kinesis
movement
52
-kinestic
movement
53
-lepsy
seizure
54
micro-
small
55
para-
near, beside
56
polio-
gray matter
57
poly-
many
58
quadri-
four
59
sub-
below
60
-ose
full of; pertaining to; sugar
61
-paresis
weakness
62
-pathy
emotion, disease
63
-phagia
swallowing, condition of eating
64
-phasia
speech
65
-plegia
paralysis
66
-praxia
action
67
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
68
-sclerosis
hardening
69
-sthenia
strength
70
-tomy
process of cutting
71
-trophy
development
