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Nervous System Flashcards

Test 4

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alges/o

A

sensitivity to pain

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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comat/o

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deep sleep

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dur/o

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dura mater

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esthesi/o

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feeling, nervous sensation

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pont/o

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pons

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syncop/o

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to cut off, cut short

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vag/o

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vagus nerve

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9
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-leptic

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to seize hold of

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10
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-mania

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obsessive preoccupation

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11
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-phoria

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bear, carry, feeling

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12
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-thymia

A

mind

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13
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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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encephal/o

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brain

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15
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gangli/o

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ganglion

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16
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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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20
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mening/o

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meninges

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meningi/o

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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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radicul/o

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nerve root

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sthen/o

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thalam/o

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thec/o

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sheath (refers to meninges)

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ton/o

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ventricul/o

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-algesia

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-algia

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-asthenia

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weakness, debility

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-esthesia

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-kinesia

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-lepsy

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-paresis

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partial paralysis

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-phasia

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-plegia

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-taxia

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order, coordination

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pachy-

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para-

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near, bedside, beyond

43
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syn-

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union, together, joined

44
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agnosia

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inability to comprehend auditory, visual, spatial, olfactory senses

45
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anencephaly

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congenital deformity where some or all of fetal brain is missing

46
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myelomeningocele

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most severe form of spina bifida where spinal cord/meninges protrude through spine

47
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paresthesia

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sensation of numbness, prickling, tingling

48
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electroencephalography

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recording electrical activity in brain

49
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electromyography

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recording of electrical signals that occur in muscle at rest/during contraction to assess nerve damage

50
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echoencephalography

A

ultrasound technique used to study intracranial structures of the brain and diagnose conditions

51
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myelography

A

radiographic examination to detect pathology of spinal cord

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