Neurology Flashcards
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Angi/o
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Vessel
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Cerebr/o
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Brain-Cerebral
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Crani/o
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Skull
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Dur/o
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Touch-Hard-Dura Mater
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Meninges
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Dura Mater
Arachnoid Mater
Pia Mater
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Angioplasty
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Surgical repair of vessel
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Cerebromalacia
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Softening of brain tissue
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Craniotomy
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Removing part of the skull
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Ment/o
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Mind, Mentality, Mentation
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Neur/o
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Nerve, Neurogenic, Neurology, Neuropathy
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Phren/o
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Mind, phrenic, phrenology
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Psych/o
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Mind, Psychology, Psychiatric
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Schiz/o
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To divide, split, schizophrenia
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Somat/o
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Body, Somatic, Somatropin, Somatalgia
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Mentation
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Neurogenic
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Neuropathy
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Phrenic
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-
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Phrenology
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Psychology
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Study of the mind, psyche
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Psychiatric
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Schizophrenia
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Somatic
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Somatropin
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Somatalgia
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Neurectomy
Surgical removal of nerve
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Neurology
Study of the nerves
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Neurologic
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Neurologist
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Neuroscientist
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Neurosurgeon
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Electr/o
Electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG)
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Encephal/o
Brain
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Enchephilitis
Inflammation of the brain
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Esthesi/o
Feeling
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Anesthesia
Without feeling; a drug to alter consciousness and manage pain
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Gangli/o, Ganlion/o
Knot
| Basal Ganglia
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Myel/o
Spinal Cord
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Myelitis
Inflammation of the spinal cord
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Vag/o
Vagus Nerve
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Vasovagal
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Analgesics
Drugs used in minor pain management
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Opioid Analgesic
Codeine and morphine
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Anesthesiologist
A physician who manages a patients anesthesia
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Cerebral Angiography
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Computed Tomography (CT scan)
Layering of X-ray pictures, dye inserted to track flow
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Craniectomy
Removal of cranium
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Craniotomy
Cutting into cranium
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Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)
Treatment of stroke; chemical that dissolves blood clots in vessels supplying the brain
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Neuroplasty
Surgical repair of a nerve
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Neurorrhaphy
Suturing of a nerve
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Neurotomy
Incision into a nerve
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Psychotherapy
Helps patients overcome phobias and depression
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Psychiatry
Medically trained and prescribe medication
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Psychiatrist
Somebody who practices psychiatry
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Psychopharmacology
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Psychoanalysis
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Anxiety disorder
Phobias
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Attention deficit disorder
(ADD)
60
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD)
61
Bipolar Disease
Mental disease process which involves the highs and lows of depression and manic phases
- Everything they are thinking comes out verbally
- Hyper and cannot tell reality from imagination
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Dementia
Process of deterioration of the brain that leads to memory and cognitive processes
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Mania
High psychomotor activity, euphoria, uncontrolled behavior
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Neurosis
Mild mental disturbances like depression, anxiety, hypochondria
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Paranoia
More extreme mental disturbance like conspiracy, threats
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Phobia
Irrational fears like agoraphobia, arachnophobia, coulrophobia
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Psychosomatic
Influence of the mind over bodily functions, especially disease
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Schizophrenia
Psychosis characterized by delusions, hallucinations, withdrawals
