Chapter 10: Nervous System Flashcards by Elizabeth Stephens

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

cerebellar

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

cerebrospinal fluid

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dur/o

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dura mater

subdural hematoma

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encephal/o

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brain

encephalitis

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gli/o

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glial cells

glioblastoma

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lept/o

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thin, slender

leptomeningeal

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mening/o, meningi/o

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membranes, meninges

meningioma

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my/o

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muscle

myoneural

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myel/o

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spinal cord

myelopathy

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neur/o

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nerve

neuropathy

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pont/o

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pons

cerebellopontine

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radicul/o

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nerve root

radiculopathy

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thalam/o

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thalamus

thalamic

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thec/o

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sheath (refers to meninges)

intrathecal injection

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vag/o

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vagus nerver ( 10th from cranial nerve)

vagal

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alges/o, -algesia

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excessive sensitivity to pain

analgesia, hypalgesia

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-algia

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pain

neuralgia

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caus/o

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burning

causalgia

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comat/o

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deep sleep

comatose

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esthesi/o, -esthesia

A

feeling, nervous sensation

anesthesia

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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

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movement

bradykinesia

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-lepsy

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seizure

epilepsy

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lex/o

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word, phrase

dyslexia

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-pareses

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weakness

hemiparesis

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-phasia

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speech

aphasia

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-plegia

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paralysis

hemiplagia

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-praxia

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action

apraxia

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-sthenia

A

strength

neurasthenia

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syncop/o

A

to cut off, cut short

syncopal

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tax/o

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order, coordination

ataxia