Chapter 10 Terminology Flashcards

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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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
  • bone marrow
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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 (of spinal nerves)

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thec/o

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sheath (refers to the meninges)

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vag/o

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vagus nerve

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alges/o
-algesia

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sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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pain

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caus/o

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burning

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comat/o

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deep sleep

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esthesi/o
-esthesia

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  • feeling
  • nervous sensation
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kines/o
kinesi/o
-kinesia
-kinesis
-kinatic

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movement

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-lepsy

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seizure

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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

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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

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-sthenia

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strength

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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