Terminology Flashcards
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Cerebell/o
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Cerebellum
2
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Cerebr/o
A
Cerebrum
3
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Dur/o
A
Dura mater
4
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Encephal/o
A
Brain
5
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Gli/o
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Glial cells
6
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Lept/o
A
thin, slender
7
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Mening/o
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Membranes
8
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My/o
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Muscle
9
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Myel/o
A
Spinal cord
10
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Neur/o
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Nerve
11
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Pont/o
A
Pons
12
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Radicul/o
A
Nerve root
13
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Thalam/o
A
Thalamus
14
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Thec/o
A
Sheath
15
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Vag/o
A
Vagus nerve
16
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Alges/o -algesia
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Sensitivity to pain
17
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-Algia
A
Pain
18
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Caus/o
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Burning
19
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Comat/o
A
Deep sleep
20
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Esthesi/o, -esthesia
A
feeling, nervous sensation
21
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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, kinesis, kinetic
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movement
22
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-lepsy
A
seziure
23
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lex/o
A
word, phrase
24
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-paresis
A
Weakness
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-phasia
Speech
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-plegia
Paralysis (loss or impariment of the ability to move parts of the body
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-praxia
Action
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Syncop/o
to cut off, cut short
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Tax/o
order, coordination
