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Chapter 10 Nervous System Terminology Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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Dur/o

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Dura mater

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Gli/o

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Glial cells

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Lept/o

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Thin/ slender

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Mening/o, Meningi/o

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Membranes, meninges

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My/o

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Muscle

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Pont/o

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Pons

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Radicul/o

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Nerve root

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Thalam/o

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Thalamus

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Thec/o

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Sheath (refers to meninges)

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Vag/o

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Vagus nerve

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Alges/o (cf), -algesia (suffix)

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Excessive sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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Pain

Suffix

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Caus/o

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Burning

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Comat/o

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Deep sleep (coma)
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Esthesi/o (cf), -esthesia (suffix)

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Feeling, nervous sensation

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Kines/o, kinesi/o

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Movement

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-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

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Movement

Suffix

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-lepsy

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Seizure

Suffix

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Lex/o

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Word, phrase

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-paresis

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Weakness

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-phasia

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Speech

Suffix

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-plegia

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Paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
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-praxia

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Action

Suffix

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-sthenia

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Strength

Suffix

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Syncop/o

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To cut off, cut short

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Tax/o

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Order, coordination

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Cerebell/o

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Cerebellum

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