Neurology Word Building Flashcards
suffix: pain (x2)
-algesia, -algia
suffix: hernia, swelling
-cele
suffix: feeling, sensation
-esthesia
suffix: movement
-kinesia, -kinesis
suffix: seizure
-lepsy
suffix: partial paralysis
-paresis
suffix: swallowing
-phagia
suffix: speech
-phasia
suffix: paralysis
-plegia
suffix: action
-praxia
suffix: prolapse
-ptosis
suffix: strength
-sthenia
suffix: development, nourishment
-trophy
prefix: not, without
a-, -an
prefix: grey matter of brain
polio-
prefix: four
quadri-
pain
alges/o
blood vessel
angi/o
burn, burning
caus/o
head
cephal/o
cerebellum
cerebell/o
cerebrum
cerebr/o
deep sleep
comat/o
cold
cry/o
dura mater
dur/o
glue, neuroglial tissue
gli/o
movement
kines/o
thin, slender
lept/o
word, phrase
lex/o
meninges
mening/o
muscle
my/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
myel/o
numbness; stupor; sleep
narc/o
pons
pont/o
nerve root
radicul/o
coordination
tax/o
sheath
thec/o
vagus nerve
vag/o
ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ANS
autonomic nervous system
AVMs
arteriovenous malformations
CNS
central nervous system
CP
cerebral palsy
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
CVA
cerebrovascular accident
CVD
cerebrovascular disease
EEG
electroencephalogram
EMG
electromyogram
HNP
herniated nucleus pulposus
ICP
intracranial pressure
LP
lumbar puncture
MS
multiple sclerosis
PET
positron emission tomography
PNS
peripheral nervous system
RIND
reversible, ischemic neurological deficit
R/O
rule out
RT
radiation therapy
SAH
subarachnoid hemorrhage
SNS
somatic nervous system
TENS
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
TIA
transient ischemic attack
TPA
tissue plasminogen activator
weakness or disability
asthenia
escape of CSF through ear
cerebrospinal otorrhea
partial or incomplete paralysis
paresis
sensation of numbness/prickling/tingling
paresthesia
failure of closure of skull in posterior midline
cranium bifidum
failure of closure of spinal cord
spina bifida
protrusion of meninges
meningocele
protrusion of brain tissue
encephalocele
protrusion of spinal cord
myelocele
abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid within skull due to blockage
hydrocephalus
medulla and cerebellum protrude from skull into cx portion of vertebral column
Arnold-Chiari malformation
changes in severed peripheral nerve fiber
Wallerian degeneration
any toxic/traumatic/inflammatory/degenerative change in peripheral nerve
peripheral neuropathy (neuritis)
group of uncommon childhood diseases due to defects in myelin formatoin
leukoencephalopathy
3 types of leukoencelopathy
schilder disease, pelizaeus-merzbacher disease, krabbe disease
various acute and chronic disturbances of brain function
encephalopathy
damage to middle meningeal artery
extradural hemorrhage
venous bleeding enlarging over days/weeks
subdural hemorrhage
trauma or rupture of congenital aneurysm
subarachnoid hemorrhage
common and bizarre breathing pattern esp. coma patients
Cheyne-Stoke respiration
loss of or diminished achilles tendon reflex in sciatica
babinksi sign
inability to maintain body balance when eyes shut and feet close together
romberg sign