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nervous sys Flashcards

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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crain/o

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cranium

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encephal/o

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brain

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ganglio/o

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ganglion (knot)

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gli/o

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glue, neuroglial 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

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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 (usually referring to meninges)

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ton/o

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tension

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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-algesia

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pain

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-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 paralysis

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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, coordination

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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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uni-

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one

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crani/o/malacia

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softening of the cranium, -malacia: softening

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encephal/o/cele

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herniation of the brain, cele:hernia, swelling

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gangli/ectomy

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excision of a ganglion

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gli/oma

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tumor of neuroglial tissue

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brady/kines/ia

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condition of slowed movement, brady: slow, ia: condition

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lept/o/mening/o/pathy

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disease of the thin meninges

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dys/lex/ia

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difficulty using words, dys: bad, difficult, lex: word, phrase, ia: condition

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mening/o/cele

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herniation of the meninges

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meningi/oma

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tumor of the meninges

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narc/o/tic

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relating to sleep, -tic: pertaining to

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neur/o/lysis

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destruction of a nerve, -lysis separation, destruction, loosening

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radicul/algia

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pain in the nerve root

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hyper/sthen/ia

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condition of excessive strength

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intra/thec/al

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pertaining to space within a sheath, intra: in, within, -al: pertaining to

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dys/ton/ia

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poor muscle tone

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ventricul/itis

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inflammation of the ventricles (heart of brain)

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an/algesia

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absence of pain

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syn/algia

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joined, referred, pain

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my/asthenia

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muscle weakness, my: muscle

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hyper/esthesia

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increased feeling

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narc/o/lepsy

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seizure of sleep

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hemi/paresis

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partial paralysis of one-half of the body

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a/phasia

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without speech

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quadri/plegia

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paralysis of four extremities

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a/taxia

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without coordination

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pachy/mening/itis

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inflammation of the dura mater

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