Chapter 10 - Nervous System - Terminology Flashcards by Mai Ka Xiong

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alges/o

A

excessive sensitivity to pain

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angi/o

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vessel, blood

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caus/o

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burning, burn

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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comat/o

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deep sleep

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crani/o

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skull

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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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encephal/o

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brain

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esthesi/o

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nervous sensation

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gli/o

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glial cells, glue

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hydr/o

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water, fluids

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kines/o

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movement

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lept/o

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thin, slender

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lex/o

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word, phrase

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mening/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

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narc/o

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sleep

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neur/o

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nerve

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olig/o

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scanty

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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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spin/o

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spine

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syncop/o

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cut off, cut short

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syncope

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Fainting

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tax/o

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order

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thec/o

A

sheath (refers to meninges)

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troph/o

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nourishment

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vag/o

A

vagus nerve

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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dys-

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bad, painful

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epi-

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above, upon

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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below, deficiency

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intra-

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in,into, within

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micro-

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small

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para-

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beside, near, abnormal

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polio-

A

gray matter

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poly-

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much, many

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quadri-

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four

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sub-

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under

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-algesia

A

excessive sensitivity to pain

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-algia

A

pain

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-blast

A

immature cell

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-cele

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hernia

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-esthesia

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feeling, nervous sensation

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-gram

A

record

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-ine

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pertaining to

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-kinesia

A

movement

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-kinesis

A

movement

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-kinetic

A

movement

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meningi/o

A

membranes, meninges

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kinesi/o

A

movement

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-oma

A

tumor, mass

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-ose

A

pertaining to full of

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-paresis

A

slight weakness

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-pathy

A

disease condition

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-praxia

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action

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-ptosis

A

drooping, falling, pro-lapse

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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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-sthenia

A

strenght

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-tomy

A

process of cutting

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-trophy

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nourishment, development