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Nervous Flashcards

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Cerebell/o

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Cerebellum; Acute cerebellitis

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum; Cerebromalacia

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Cortic/o

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Cerebral cortex; Corticogenesis

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Encephal/o

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Brain; Encephalitis

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Gangli/o, Ganglion/o

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Ganglion; Basal ganglia

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Radicul/o

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Spinal nerve root; radiculopathy

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Gli/o

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Glia (neuroglial) cells protect, support, and nourish neurons; Glioblastoma

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-lalia

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Babble or speech; Palilalia

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-lepsy

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Seizure; epilepsy

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-lexia

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Reading; dyslexia

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-mania

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Excessive or excited state; Kleptomania

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Somn/o, somn/o

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Sleep; insomnia

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Medull/o

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medulla oblongata or spinal cord; medulloepithelioma

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Mening/o, meninge/o

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Meninges; Meningitis

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Myel/o

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spinal cord; myelodysplastic syndrome

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Narc/o

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unconsciousness or stupor; Narcolepsy

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Neur/o, neur/i

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nervous system, tissues, or nerves | neurotransmitter

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Thalam/o

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Thalamus; Thalamic hemorrhage

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-paresis

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weakness or partial paralysis; hemiparesis

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-phasia

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speech; dysphasia

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-phobia

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irrational or persistent fear; Latrophobia

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-plegia

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Paralysis; paraplegia

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-psych/o

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Mind; psychology

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ventricul/o

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ventricle or cavity; ventriculoperitoneal shunt

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Dendrite

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A fiber in the neuron that carries impulses towards the body of a cell

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Craniotomy

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Surgical opening in the skull

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Laminectomy

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Excision of the vertebral posterior arch or spinal process

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Paranoia

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A mental disorder; often includes delusions involving persecution

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Discectomy

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Surgical excision of an intervertebral disc

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Neuritis

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Inflammation of a nerve

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Neuralgia

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Severe or stabbing pain in the course or distribution of a nerve

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Amnesia

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Loss of memory

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Neurorrhaphy

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Repair or severed nerve by suture, graft, or with synthetic conduit

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Poliomyelitis

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Inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord

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Myelin

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A substance that covers some axons to insulate, protect, and assist in electrical conduction

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Subdural

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Below the dura mater

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Ataxia

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Loss of muscular coordination

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Meningitis

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Inflammation of the meninges or the membranes covering the spinal cord or brain

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Epilepsy

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A brain disorder characterized by electrical-like disturbances resulting in seizures

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Spinal

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Pertaining to the brain and spinal cord

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Epidural

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Pertaining to above or outside the dura mater

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Sciatica

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Severe pain along the sciatic nerve, usually unilateral based on the nerve root affected

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Cephalgia

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Headache

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Radiculitis

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Inflammation of the spinal nerve roots

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Axon

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A fiber in the neuron that carries impulses away from the body of a cell

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Encephalomalacia

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Softening of the brain often due to ischemia or infarction

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Psychosis

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An abnormal condition of the mind, gross disorganization, or distortion of mental capacity

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Intracranial

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Within the skull

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Bradykinesia

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Abnormal or slowness of motion

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