Chapter 10 - Nervous System Flashcards
1
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cerebellum
A
cerebell/o
2
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cerebrum
A
cerebr/o
3
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dura mater
A
dur/o
4
Q
brain
A
encephal/o
5
Q
glial cells
A
gli/o
6
Q
thin, slender
A
lept/o
7
Q
membranes, meninges
A
mening/o, meningi/o
8
Q
muscle
A
my/o
9
Q
spinal cord(means bone marrow in other contexts)
A
myel/o
10
Q
nerve
A
neur/o
11
Q
pons
A
pont/o
12
Q
nerve root
A
radicul/o
13
Q
thalamus
A
thalam/o
14
Q
sheath
A
thec/o
15
Q
vagus nerve
A
vag/o
16
Q
excessive sensitivity to pain
A
alges/o, -algesia
17
Q
pain
A
-algia
18
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burning
A
caus/o
19
Q
deep sleep
A
comat/o
20
Q
feeling, nervous sensation
A
esthesi/o, -esthesia
21
Q
movement
A
kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
22
Q
seizure
A
-lepsy
23
Q
word, phrase
A
lex/o
24
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weakness
A
-paresis
25
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speech
A
-phasia
26
Q
paralysis
A
-plegia
27
Q
action
A
-praxia
28
Q
strength
A
-sthenia
29
Q
to cut off, cut short
A
syncop/o
30
Q
order, coordination
A
tax/o
