Chapter 10 The Nervous System Elements Flashcards by Curious Canadian

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a-

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no, not, without, away from, negative

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an-

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no, not, without

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anti-

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against

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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful

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hyper-

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excessive, increased

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in-

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in, into, not, without

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intra-

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within, inside

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para-

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beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of

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post-

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after, behind

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trauma-

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injury

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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acr/o

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extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme points

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agor/a

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marketplace

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ambul/o

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walk

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anxi/o

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anxiety, anxious, uneasy

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arteri/o

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artery

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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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cerebr/o, encephal/o

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brain

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claustr/o

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barrier

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contus/o

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bruise

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crani/o

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skull

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ech/o

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sound

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electr/o

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electricity, electric

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estet/o

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feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

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hemat/o

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blood, relating to the blood

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hydr/o

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relating to water

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mening/i

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membranes, meninges

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mening/o

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membranes, meninges

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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narc/o

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numbness, stupor

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nuer/i, neur/o

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nerve, nerve tissue

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poli/o

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gray matter of brain and spinal cord

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psych/o

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mind

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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thalam/o

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thalamus, inner room

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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ven/o

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vein

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain, suffering, painful condition

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-cele

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hernia, tumor, swelling

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-graphy

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the process of producing a picture or record

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-ia

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abnormal condition, disease

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-ian

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specialist

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ion

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action, process, state or condition

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-ism

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condition, state of

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-ist

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a person who practices, specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lepsy

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seizure, stroke

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-lysis

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breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

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-mania

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obsessive preoccupation

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-ologist

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specialist

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-oma

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tumor, neoplasm

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-osis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-otomy

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cutting, surgical incision

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-pathy

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-phasia

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speak or speech

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-phobia

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abnormal fear

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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surgical suturing

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-tropic

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having an affinity for

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-um

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structure, thing