Session 14: Nervous System Flashcards by Darcey McCampbell

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Cephal

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head

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cerebell

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cerebellum

the back portion of the brain, or “hind brain”

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cerebr

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cerebrum

the largest portion of the brain

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crani

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skull

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dur

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dur mater

the outer layer of the meninges

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electr

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electricity

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encephal

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brain

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esthes, esthesi

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feeling, sensation

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leuk

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white, white matter

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mening

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meninges

the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord

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my

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muscle

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myel

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spinal cord

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narc

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stupor, sleep, numbness

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neur

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nerve

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poli

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gray, gray matter

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radicul

A

nerve root

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thec

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sheath

refers to the meninges

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ventricul

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ventricle

a fluid-filled cavity in the brain

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cervic

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neck

also: cervical part of the spinal column

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coccyg

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coccyx or tailbone

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disk

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disk

tissue between the vertebrae

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kyph

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hunched or humpback

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lamin

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lamina

part of the vertebral acrch

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lord

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bent backward or swayback

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lumb

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lower back

also: lumbar part of spinal column

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sacr

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scrum

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scloi

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curved, curvature

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spin

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spine, spinal cord

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spondyl

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vertebrae (plural: vertebrae)

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throac

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chest

also: thoracic part of the spinal column

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vertebr

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vertebra

plural: vertebrae

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algesia

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pain

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-algesic

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pertaining to pain

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-algia

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pain

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-clonus

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spasm

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-dynia

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pain

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectomy

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removal or excision

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-gram

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a record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

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condition of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-lexia

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word, phrase

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-listhesis

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slipping

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

A

destruction

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-malacia

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softening

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-meter

A

instrument to measure

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-metry

A

process of measuring

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-osis

A

abnormal condition

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-paresis

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partial paralysis

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-pathy

A

disease

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-phasia

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speech

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-scopy

A

process of visually examining

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-taxia

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order, coordination

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-tomy

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incision

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-y

A

condition of, process of

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a-, an-

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without

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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful

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epi-

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upon, above

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, above normal

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hypo-

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below, deficient

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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poly-

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many, much

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quadri-

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four

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sub-

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below

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epilepsy

A

A disease marked by recurrent seizures

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Paraplegia

A

Paralysis of the lower part of the body and both legs

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Paraesthesia

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An abnormal or unpleasant sensation (e.g., a prickly, stinging, or burning feeling)