nervous sys Flashcards
1
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
2
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crain/o
A
cranium
3
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encephal/o
A
brain
4
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ganglio/o
A
ganglion (knot)
5
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gli/o
A
glue, neuroglial tissue
6
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kinesi/o
A
movement
7
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lept/o
A
thin, slender
8
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lex/o
A
word, phrase
9
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mening/o
A
meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
10
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myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
11
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narc/o
A
stupor, numbness, sleep
12
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neur/o
A
nerve
13
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radicul/o
A
nerve root
14
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sthen/o
A
strength
15
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thalam/o
A
thalamus
16
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thec/o
A
sheath (usually referring to meninges)
17
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ton/o
A
tension
18
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ventricul/o
A
ventricle
19
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-algesia
A
pain
20
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-algia
A
pain
21
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-asthenia
A
weakness, debility
22
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-esthesia
A
feeling
23
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-kinesia
A
movement
24
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-lepsy
A
seizure
25
-paresis
partial paralysis
26
-phasia
speech
27
-plegia
paralysis
28
-taxia
order, coordination
29
pachy-
thick
30
para-
near, beside, beyond
31
syn-
union, together, joined
32
uni-
one
33
crani/o/malacia
softening of the cranium, -malacia: softening
34
encephal/o/cele
herniation of the brain, cele:hernia, swelling
35
gangli/ectomy
excision of a ganglion
36
gli/oma
tumor of neuroglial tissue
37
brady/kines/ia
condition of slowed movement, brady: slow, ia: condition
38
lept/o/mening/o/pathy
disease of the thin meninges
39
dys/lex/ia
difficulty using words, dys: bad, difficult, lex: word, phrase, ia: condition
40
mening/o/cele
herniation of the meninges
41
meningi/oma
tumor of the meninges
42
narc/o/tic
relating to sleep, -tic: pertaining to
43
neur/o/lysis
destruction of a nerve, -lysis separation, destruction, loosening
44
radicul/algia
pain in the nerve root
45
hyper/sthen/ia
condition of excessive strength
46
intra/thec/al
pertaining to space within a sheath, intra: in, within, -al: pertaining to
47
dys/ton/ia
poor muscle tone
48
ventricul/itis
inflammation of the ventricles (heart of brain)
49
an/algesia
absence of pain
50
syn/algia
joined, referred, pain
51
my/asthenia
muscle weakness, my: muscle
52
hyper/esthesia
increased feeling
53
narc/o/lepsy
seizure of sleep
54
hemi/paresis
partial paralysis of one-half of the body
55
a/phasia
without speech
56
quadri/plegia
paralysis of four extremities
57
a/taxia
without coordination
58
pachy/mening/itis
inflammation of the dura mater
