Nervous System Flashcards
Poly-
many
Quadri
four
semi-
partial
trans-
across
sub-
under
tri-
three
un-
not
AD
Alzheimer’s disease
AHT
abusive head trauma
ANS
autonomic nervous system
ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
CNS
central nevous system
CP
cerebreal palsy
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
CTE
chronic traumatic encephalopathy
CVA
cerebrovascular accident
CVD
cerebrovascular disease
EEG
electroencephalogram, Electroencephalagraphy
GA
general anesthesia
HA
headache
ICP
intracranial pressure
LP
lumbar puncture
IV
intravenous
MS
multiple sclerosis
PET
positron emission tomography
PNS
peripheral nervous System
SBS
shaken baby syndrome
SCI
pinal crd injury
TBI
traumatic brain injury
TENS
transcutaneous ischemic attack
VS
vital signs
alges/o
sense of pain
arteri/o
arter
angi/o
vessel
astr/o
star
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
concuss/o
to shake violently
clon/o
rapic contracting and relaxing
crani/o
skull
cutane/o
skin
cyt/o
cell
dur/o
dura mater
electr/o
elecricity
encephal/o
brain
estesi/o
sensation, feeling
gli/o
glue
hal/o
breath
hemat/o
blood
hyrdr/o
water
isch/o
to hold back
later/o
side
lumb/o
low back
medull/o
medulla oblongata
mening/o
meninges
meningi/o
meninges
ment/o
mind
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord
neur/o
nerve
poli/o
gray matter
pont/o
pons
radicul/o
nerve root
scler/o
hard
spin/o
spine
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
tom/o
to cut
ton/o
tone
topic/o
specific area
vascul/o
blood vessel
ven/o
vein
ventricul/o
ventricle
verebr/o
vertebra
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-ary
pertaining to
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
protrusion
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emic
pertaining to a blood condition
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ic
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
-ine
pertaining to
-ion
action
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-nic
pertaining to
-oma
tumar, mass
-osis
abnirmal condition
-otomy
cutting into
-ous
pertainign to
-paresis
weakness
-pathy
disease
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-tacia
muscle coordination
-tic
pertaining to
-trophic
pertaining to development
a-
without
an-
withoutan
ti-
against
bi-
two
ne-
without
dys-
abnormal, dificult
endo-
within
epi-
above
hemi-
half
hyper-
excessive
in-
inward
intra-
withing
mono-
one
para-
abnormal, two like parts of a pair