Nervous System Flashcards

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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Cerebell/o

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Cerebellum

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Dur/o

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Dura mater

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Gli/o

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Glue, parts of the nervous system that support and connect

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Lept/o

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Thin, slender

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Mening/o

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Membranes

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Meningi/o

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Meninges

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My/o

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Muscle

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord (means bone marrow in some contexts)

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Pont/o

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Pons

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Radicul/o

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Nerve root (of spinal nerves)

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Thalam/o

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Thalamus

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Thec/o

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Sheath (refers to the meninges)

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Vag/o

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Vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

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Alges/o

-algesia

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Increased sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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Pain

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Caus/o

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Burning

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Comat/o

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Deep sleep (coma)

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Esthesi/o

-esthesia

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Feeling, nervous sensation

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Kines/o

-kinesia

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Movement

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Kinesi/o

-kinesis

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Movement

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-lepsy

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Seizure

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Lex/o

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Word, phrase

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Narc/o

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Stupor, sleep

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Cortex

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Outer area of an organ

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-paresis

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Slight paralysis

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-phasia

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Speech

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-plegia

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Paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)

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-praxia

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Action

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-sthenia

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Strength

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Syncop/o

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To cut off, cut short

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Tax/o

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Order, coordination