nervous system Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

algesi/o

A

pain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

caus/o

A

burning

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

cerebell/o

A

little brain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

cerebr/o

A

brain, cerebrum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

comat/o

A

deep sleep, coma

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

crani/o

A

skull

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

dur/o

A

hard, dura mater

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

encephal/o

A

brain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

esthesi/o

A

sensation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

gli/o

A

glue, support/connect

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

gnos/o

A

to know

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

kinesi/o

A

movement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

lex/o

A

word, phrase

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

seizure

A

lept/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

membranes, meninges

A

mening/o meningi/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

spinal cord

A

myel/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

sleep, stupor

A

narc/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

nerve

A

neur/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

phas/o

A

speech

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

pont/o

A

pons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

nerve root

A

radicul/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

body

A

somat/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

sleep

A

somn/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

spine

A

spin/o

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

vertebra

A

spondyl/o, vertebr/o

26
Q

3 dimension, solid

A

stere/o

27
Q

coordination

A

tax/o

28
Q

thalamus

A

thalam/o

29
Q

sheath, meninges

A

thec/o

30
Q

place

A

top/o

31
Q

ventricle

A

ventricul/o

32
Q

vagus nerves / 10th cranial nerve

A

vag/o

33
Q

pain

A

-algesia, algia

34
Q

weakness

A

-asthenia

35
Q

sensation

A

-esthesia

36
Q

movement

A

-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

37
Q

seizure

A

-lepsy

38
Q

partial paralysis

A

-paresis

39
Q

speech

A

-phasia

40
Q

paralysis

A

-plegia

41
Q

action

A

-praxia

42
Q

strength

A

-sthenia

43
Q

ALS

A

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

44
Q

AVM

A

arteriovenous malformation

45
Q

CSF

A

cerebrospinal fluid

46
Q

CT

A

computerized tomography

47
Q

CVA

A

cerebrovascular accident

48
Q

ICP

A

intracranial pressure

49
Q

LP

A

lumbar puncture

50
Q

MG

A

myasthenia gravis

51
Q

MS

A

multiple sclerosis

52
Q

PET

A

positron emitted tomography

53
Q

TBI

A

traumatic brain injury

54
Q

TIA

A

transient ischemic attack

55
Q

sleep

A

hypn/o

56
Q

knowledge

A

gnos/o

57
Q

abnormal impulse toward something or someone

A

-mania

58
Q

craving for, affinity for

A

-philia

59
Q

feeling

A

-phoria

60
Q

mind

A

-phrenia