Nervous System: Word Parts & Vocabulary Flashcards
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Cerebr/o
A
Cerebrum
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Encephal/o
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Brain
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Gli/o
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Glue/Neurologic Tissue
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Mening/o, Meningi/o
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Meninges
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Myel/o
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Bone Marrow/Spinal Cord
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Neur/o
A
Nerve
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Psych/o
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Mind
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Spin/o
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Spine
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Tox/o, Toxic/o
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Toxic
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Para-
A
Near, beside, beyond
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-al
A
Pertaining to
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-algia
A
Pain
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-cele
A
Herniation, swelling
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-itis
A
Inflammation
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-logist
A
Specialist
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-logy
A
Study of
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-lysis
A
Separation, destruction, loosening
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-megaly
A
Enlargement
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-oma
A
Tumor
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-osis
A
Abnormal condition
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-pathy
A
Disease
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-tome
A
Instrument to cut
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-tomy
A
Incision, to cut
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ANS
A
Autonomic Nervous System
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CNS
Central Nervous System
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CSF
Cerebral Spinal Fluid
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CVA
Cerebral Vascular Accident (Stroke)
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PNS
Peripheral Nervous System
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Afferent
Toward brain - sensory pathways
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Arbor Vitea
Tree-like structure in cerebellum
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Efferent
Away from brain - motor pathways
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Cauda Equina
"Horses Tail" - lower end of spinal cord bundled together
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Corpus Callosum
Bundle of nerves connect left & right hemispheres
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Hemisphere
2 halves of brain - right & left
