Chapter Fifteen Flashcards by Mary Simpson

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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crani/o

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cranium

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encephal/o

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brain

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gangli/o

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ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)

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gli/o

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glue; neurological tissue

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kinesi/o

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movement

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lept/o

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thin, slender

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lex/o

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word, phrase

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mening/o
meningi/o

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meninges ( membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

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myel/o

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bone marrow; spinal cord

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narc/o

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stupor; numbness; sleep

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neur/o

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nerve

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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sthen/o

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strength

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thec/o

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sheath

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ton/o

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tension

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ventricul/o

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ventricle ( of the heart or brain)

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-algesia
-algia

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pain

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-asthenia

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weakness, debility

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-esthesia

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feeling

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-kinesia

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movement

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-paresis

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partial paralyis

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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-taxia

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order, cordination

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pachy-

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thick

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para-

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near, beside; beyond

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syn-

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union, together, joined

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alges/o

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sensitivity to pain

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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comat/o

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deep sleep

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dur/o

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dura matter

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esthesi/o

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feeling, nervous sensation

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pont/o

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pons

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syncop/o

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to cut off, cut short

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vag/o

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vagus nerve, 10th cranial nerve

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-leptic

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to seize hold of

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-mania

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obsessive preoccupation

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-phoria

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bear, carry, feeling

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-thymia

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mind

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-tropic

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having an affinity for