Nervous Flashcards
What is the root word for cerebullum
Cerebell/o
What is the root word for cerebrum, or largest part of the brain
Cerebr/o
What is the word root for skull
Crani/o
What is the word root for brain?
Encephal/o
What are the word root for ganglion?
Gangli/o
What is the word root for movement
Kinesi/o
What is the word root for the inner section, soft or middle
Medull/o
What are the word roots for the membrane lining the CNS
Meningi/o
Mening/o
What is the word root for spinal cord, bone marrow: “white substance:
Myel/o
Numbness or stupor
Narc/o
Tension or stretching
Ton/o
Water
Aque/o
Eyelid
Blephar/o
Corner of the eye
Canth/o
Pink mucous membrane of the eye or connected
Conjunctiv/o
Transparent anterior portion of the scleraa; cornea
Corne/o
Tear or tear duct
Dacry/o
Lacrimal gland
Dacryoaden/o
What is the combining word for iris
Ir/o
What is the combining word for cornea, hard or hornlike
Kerat/o
What is the combining word for tear or tear duct
Lacrim/o
What are the words for eye
Ophthalm/o
Ocul/o
Opt/o
What is the combining word for pupil of the eye
Pupill/o
What is the combining word for retina, nervous tissue of the eye
Retin/o
What is the combining word for the whiteness of the eye, sclera
Scler/o
What is the combining word for hearing
Audi/o
What is the combining word for earwax
Cerumin/o
What is the combining word for maze (inner ear)
Labyrinth/o
What are the combining words for ear
Ot/o
Aur/o
What are the combining words for eardrum
Tympan/o
Myring/o
What are the combining words for nose
Nas/o
Rhin/o
What is the combining word for smell
Olfact/o
-taxia
Motor coordination
Partia paralysis
-paresis
Partial or focal seizures
Aura
Prolonged loss of conconsciousness
Coma
Blow, bump or jolt to head, mild traumatic brain injury
Concussion
Uncontrolled shaking
Convulsion
Of unknown cause
Idiopathic
Decrease in consciousness, fatigue
Lethargy
A state of deep sleep that allows animals to conserve energy
Torpor
The state where only vigorous and repeat stimuli will arouse the individual. When undisturbed, will immediately relapse into unresponisiveness
Stupor
Fainting
Syncope
Absence of pain
Analgesia
Use of medicine to prevent pain
Anesthesia
Paralysis of the lower part of the body
Paraplegia
Paralysis below the neck
Quadraplegia
Corner of the eye where the upper and lower parts meet
Canthus
The clouding of the normally clear lense thay sits in the eye behind the pupil
Cataract
Earwax
Cerumen
Extra set of eyelash growing from abnormal part of eyelid
Distichia
Condition where eyelid turns outward
Ectropion
Condition where eyelash turns inward
Entropion
The removal of the eyeball from the orbit
Enucleation
Dilated pupils
Mydriasis
Constricted or small pupils
Myosis, Miosis
Opening of the nose
Nares
Duct that transmits tears from the lacrimal sad to the inferior meatus of the nose
Nasolacrimal duct
Uncontrollable movement of the eye
Nystagmus
Outer ear
Pinna