Nervous system Flashcards
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1
Q
alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
2
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
3
Q
cephal/o
A
head
4
Q
cerebello/
A
cerebellum
5
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
6
Q
comat/o
A
deep sleep
7
Q
dur/o
A
dura matter
8
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
9
Q
kines/o
A
movement
10
Q
lept/o
A
thin; slender
11
Q
lex/o
A
word; phrase
12
Q
mening/o, meningi/o
A
meninges
13
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord
14
Q
narc/o
A
numbness; stuper; sleep
15
Q
olig/o
A
scanty
16
Q
pont/o
A
pons
17
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve root
18
Q
syncop/o
A
faint
19
Q
tax/o
A
order; coordination
20
Q
thec/o
A
sheath
21
Q
troph/o
A
nourishment; development
22
Q
vag/o
A
vagus nerve
23
Q
vagus nerve
A
involuntary stuff; peristalsis
24
Q
How many cranial nerves?
A
12
25
How many spinal nerves?
31
26
afferent
carries impulses to cns (brain); sensory
27
efferent
carries response to body; motor
28
autonomic
involuntary
29
parasympathetic
normal resting activities
30
sympathetic
fight or flight
31
frontal lobe
thought processes; behavior; personality; emotion
32
temporal lobe
hearing; understanding speech; language
33
occipital lobe
vision
34
parietal lobe
body sensations; visual and spatial perception
35
ventricles
shock absorber
