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Nervous Flashcards

1
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What is the root word for cerebullum

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Cerebell/o

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2
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What is the root word for cerebrum, or largest part of the brain

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Cerebr/o

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3
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What is the word root for skull

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Crani/o

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4
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What is the word root for brain?

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Encephal/o

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5
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What are the word root for ganglion?

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Gangli/o

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6
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What is the word root for movement

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Kinesi/o

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7
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What is the word root for the inner section, soft or middle

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Medull/o

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8
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What are the word roots for the membrane lining the CNS

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Meningi/o
Mening/o

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9
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What is the word root for spinal cord, bone marrow: “white substance:

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Myel/o

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10
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Numbness or stupor

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Narc/o

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11
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Tension or stretching

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Ton/o

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12
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Water

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Aque/o

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13
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Eyelid

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Blephar/o

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14
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Corner of the eye

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Canth/o

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15
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Pink mucous membrane of the eye or connected

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Conjunctiv/o

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16
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Transparent anterior portion of the scleraa; cornea

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Corne/o

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17
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Tear or tear duct

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Dacry/o

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18
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Lacrimal gland

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Dacryoaden/o

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19
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What is the combining word for iris

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Ir/o

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20
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What is the combining word for cornea, hard or hornlike

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Kerat/o

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21
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What is the combining word for tear or tear duct

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Lacrim/o

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22
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What are the words for eye

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Ophthalm/o
Ocul/o
Opt/o

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23
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What is the combining word for pupil of the eye

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Pupill/o

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24
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What is the combining word for retina, nervous tissue of the eye

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Retin/o

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25
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What is the combining word for the whiteness of the eye, sclera

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Scler/o

26
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What is the combining word for hearing

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Audi/o

27
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What is the combining word for earwax

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Cerumin/o

28
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What is the combining word for maze (inner ear)

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Labyrinth/o

29
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What are the combining words for ear

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Ot/o
Aur/o

30
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What are the combining words for eardrum

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Tympan/o
Myring/o

31
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What are the combining words for nose

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Nas/o
Rhin/o

32
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What is the combining word for smell

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Olfact/o

33
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-taxia

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Motor coordination

34
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Partia paralysis

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-paresis

35
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Partial or focal seizures

A

Aura

36
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Prolonged loss of conconsciousness

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Coma

37
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Blow, bump or jolt to head, mild traumatic brain injury

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Concussion

38
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Uncontrolled shaking

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Convulsion

39
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Of unknown cause

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Idiopathic

40
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Decrease in consciousness, fatigue

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Lethargy

41
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A state of deep sleep that allows animals to conserve energy

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Torpor

42
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The state where only vigorous and repeat stimuli will arouse the individual. When undisturbed, will immediately relapse into unresponisiveness

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Stupor

43
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Fainting

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Syncope

44
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Absence of pain

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Analgesia

45
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Use of medicine to prevent pain

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Anesthesia

46
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Paralysis of the lower part of the body

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Paraplegia

47
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Paralysis below the neck

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Quadraplegia

48
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Corner of the eye where the upper and lower parts meet

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Canthus

49
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The clouding of the normally clear lense thay sits in the eye behind the pupil

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Cataract

50
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Earwax

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Cerumen

51
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Extra set of eyelash growing from abnormal part of eyelid

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Distichia

52
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Condition where eyelid turns outward

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Ectropion

53
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Condition where eyelash turns inward

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Entropion

54
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The removal of the eyeball from the orbit

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Enucleation

55
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Dilated pupils

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Mydriasis

56
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Constricted or small pupils

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Myosis, Miosis

57
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Opening of the nose

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Nares

58
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Duct that transmits tears from the lacrimal sad to the inferior meatus of the nose

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Nasolacrimal duct

59
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Uncontrollable movement of the eye

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Nystagmus

60
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Outer ear

A

Pinna

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