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Chapter 9: Nervous System Flashcards

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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encephal/o

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brain

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gli/o

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glue, neurological tissue

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mening/o, meningi/o

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meninges

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myel./o

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spinal cord

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neur/o

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nerve

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-paresis

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partial paralysis

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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-asthenia

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weakness, debility

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spina bifida cystica meningocele

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sac contains only meninges and cerbrospinfluid

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spina bifida cystica meningomyelocele

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sac contains meninges, CSF, and portion of spinal cord

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spina bifida occulta

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incomplete closure of one or more vertebrae without protrusion of spinal cord or meninges

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cerebrovascular accident (stroke) type 1

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ischemic stroke - blood supply to brain is blocked or slowed

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thrombotic ischemic stroke

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occlusion builds up in artery

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embolic ischemic stroke

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blood clot that created somewhere in body and travels (embolism)

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type 2 stroke

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hemorrhagic stroke - rupture of cerebral blood vessel

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intracerebral hemorrhage

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rupture of vessel in brain

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

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release of blood into space surrounding brain, commonly caused by rupture aneurysm

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TIA

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transient ischemic attack - stroke like symptoms that resolve within 24 hours

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alzheimers

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neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles

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craniotomy

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incision of skull to gain access to brain during neurological procedures

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hydrocephalus

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cranial enlargement caused by accumulation of fluid within ventricles of brain

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neuritic plaques

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sticky substance made of amyloid protein found in gray matter of brain

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sciatica

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severe pain in leg along course of sciatic nerve

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poliomyelitis

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inflammation og gray matter of spinal cord

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trephination

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excision of circular disk of bone using specialized saw called trephine - relieve ICP

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