Chapter Ten: Nervous System Flashcards
1
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Cerebell/o
A
Cerebellum
2
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Cerebr/o
A
Cerebrum
3
Q
Dur/o
A
Dura Mater
4
Q
Encephal/o
A
Brain
5
Q
Gli/o
A
Glial Cells
6
Q
Lept/o
A
Thin, slender
7
Q
Mening/o, Meningi/o
A
Membranes, Meninges
8
Q
My/o
A
Muscle
9
Q
Myel/o
A
Spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)
10
Q
Neur/o
A
Nerve
11
Q
Pont/o
A
Pons
12
Q
Radicul/o
A
Nerve root (of spinal nerves)
13
Q
Thalam/o
A
Thalamus
14
Q
Thec/o
A
Sheath (refers to the meninges)
15
Q
Vag/o
A
Vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
16
Q
Alges/o, -algesia
A
Sensitivity to pain
17
Q
-algia
A
Pain
18
Q
Caus/o
A
Burning
19
Q
Comat/o
A
Deep sleep (coma)
20
Q
Esthesi/o, -esthesia
A
Feeling, nervous sensation
21
Q
Kines/o, Kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
A
Movement
22
Q
-lepsy
A
Seizure
23
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Lex/o
A
Word, phrase
24
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-paresis
A
Weakness
25
-phasia
Speech
26
-plegia
Paralysis (loss or impairment of ability to move parts of the body)
27
-praxia
Action
28
-sthenia
Strength
29
Syncop/o
To cut off, cut short
30
Tax/o
Order, coordination
