Chapter 5 Flashcards

The Nervous System-Neurology and Psychiatry

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cerebr/o

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brain

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encephal/o

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brain

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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lob/o

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lobe

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cephal/o

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head

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crani/o

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head, skull

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mening/o

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meninges

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meningi/o

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meninges

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dur/o

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dura

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neur/o

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nerve

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gangli/o

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nerve bundle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, one morrow

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esthesi/o

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feeling, sensation

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phas/o

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speech

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phren/o

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mind

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psych/o

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mind

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somn/o

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sleep

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somn/i

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sleep

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hypn/o

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sleep

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gnosi/o

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know

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-mania

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excessive desire

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-phobia

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excessive fear or sensitivity

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-paresis

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slight or partial paralysis

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ton/o

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muscle tone, tension, pressure

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tax/o

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arrangement, order, coordination

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-asthenia

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weakness

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a-

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not

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cata-

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down

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de-

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down

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dys-

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bad

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-clonus

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turnmoil

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-ar

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pertaining to

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e-

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out

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-al

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pertaining to

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af-

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toward

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ef-

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away

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gen

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creation

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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em

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blood

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-lent

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go

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thromb

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clot

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syn

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together

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glio

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glue

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a-

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not

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an-

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no

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aut-

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self

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-sic

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agent

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-ant

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agent

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-tic

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agent

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-lytic

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breakdown agent

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-lysis

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loose

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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ADHA

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attention-deficit hyperactive disorder

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ALS

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)

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CNS

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central nervous system

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CP

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cerebral palsy

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CSF

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cerebrospinal fluid

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CVA

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cerebrovascular accident

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EEG

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electroencephalogram

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EMG

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electromyogram

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ICP

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intracranial pressure

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LOC

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level of consciousness

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LP

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lumbar puncture

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MRA

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magnetic resonance angiography

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MS

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multiple sclerosis

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OCD

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obsessive compulsive disorder

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PET

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positron emission tomography

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PNS

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peripheral nervous system

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TIA

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transient ischemic attack