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Chapter 9 Word Parts (Nervous System) Flashcards

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Anxi/o

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Anxious/uneasy

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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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Contus/o

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To bruise

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Crani/o

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Skull

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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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Esthes/o or esthesi/o

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Nervous sensation

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Gli/o

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Glue

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Hydr/o

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Water

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Hypn/o

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Sleep

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Isch/o

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Back/To hold back

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Lamin/o

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Lamina (Thin plate/layer; arch)

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Lex/o

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Word

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Medull/o

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Medulla oblongata

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Mening/o or Meningi/o

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Meninges

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Phas/o

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Speech

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Phob/o

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Fear

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Phren/o

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Mind

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Pol/o

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Extreme

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Poli/o

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Gray matter

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Porit/o

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Pons

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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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Schiz/o

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Split

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Somat/o

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Body

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Synaps/o or synapt/o

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Point of contact/to join

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Syncope/o

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To cut off/ Cut short/ Faint

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31
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Tax/o

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Coordination/ Order

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32
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Tempor/o

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The temples

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33
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Thalam/o

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Thalamus

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34
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Thec/o

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Sheath (Meninges)

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Traumat/o

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Trauma/ Injury/ Wound

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Troph/o

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Development/ Nourishment

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Ventricul/o

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Ventricle

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bi-

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Two/ Both

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Con-

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Together/ With

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Dys-

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Painful/ Difficult

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En-

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In/ Within

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Epi-

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On/ Over/ Upon

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Hemi-

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Half

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Intra-

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Within/ Into

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Mono-

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One/ Single

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Par-, para-

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Near/ Beside/ Alongside/ Beyond/ Abnormal

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Poly-

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Many/ Much

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Post-

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After/ Behind

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Quadri-

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Four

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Sub-

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Below/ Under

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-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic

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Pertaining to

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-algesia

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Pain/ Sensitivity

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-algia

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Pain

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-cele

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Hernia/ Swelling/ Protrusion

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-e

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Noun suffix w/o meaning

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-emic

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Pertaining to blood condition

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-esthesia

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Feeling/ Sensation

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-ia

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Condition

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-ion

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Process/ State/ Condition

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-lepsy

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Seizure

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-leptic

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To seize/ take hold of

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-lysis

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Breakdown/ Separation/ Loosening

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-lytic

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Pertaining to breakdown/ destruction

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-orexia

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Appetite

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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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

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-rrhagic

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Pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-sclerosis

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Thickening/ Hardening

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-taxia

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Muscle coordination

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-tropic

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Turing

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-um, -us

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Structure/ Tissue/ Thing

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Cerebrum

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Entire top portion of brain

77
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Cerebellum

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Small bottom part of brain that has lines.

78
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Medulla oblongata

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Part of brain stem

79
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Dura mater

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Protective membrane of brain

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Ischia

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“Butt bone”. Part of pelvis

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Lamina

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Protective bone plate around spine

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What is a nerve

A

Singular nerve cell

83
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Gray matter

A

Part of nerve

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Nerve root

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Where a nerve branches off the spinal cord

85
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Synapt/o meaning (what does it refer to?)

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Reference to connection of nerves to one another or a muscle

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Hemi

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Specifically left and right

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Weakness

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Equivalent to partial paralysis

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Paraplegic

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Paralyzed waist down

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Quadriplegic

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Paralyzed neck down

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Thalamus

A

Very center part of brain

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Ventricle

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Chambers in brain that house CSF/cerebrospinal fluid. Creates and distributes fluid.

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