Terminology for Test 2 Flashcards
1
Q
Afferent
A
carry toward
2
Q
efferent
A
carry away
3
Q
anesthesia
A
without feeling or sensation
4
Q
dendrites
A
branch of neuron
5
Q
hemiparesis
A
half of body slightly paralyzed
6
Q
hemiplegia
A
half paralyzed
7
Q
neuralgia
A
nerve pain
8
Q
neurohormone
A
to excite from nerves
9
Q
neurology
A
study of nerves
10
Q
neuron
A
pertaining to nerve
11
Q
paraplegia
A
beyond paralysis (paralysis of two limbs/legs)
12
Q
quadriplegia
A
paralysis of four (all four limbs)
13
Q
trigeminal
A
pertaining to three branches CN V
14
Q
achromatism
A
absence of color, unable to see color
15
Q
aphasia
A
without speech
16
Q
blepharoptosis
A
dropping of eyelids
17
Q
diplopia
A
double vision
18
Q
hypoglossal
A
below the tongue
19
Q
oculomotor
A
movement of the eye
20
Q
ophthalmoplegia
A
paralysis of eye
21
Q
otoscope
A
instrument to view ear
22
Q
anosmia
A
partial or total loss of smell
23
Q
anopsia
A
visual defects
24
Q
strabismus
A
eye not parallel
25
-plegia
paralysis
26
-algia
pain
27
para-
beyond, beside, near
28
-phagia
eating
29
phas/o-
speech
30
-ptosis
prolapse, dropping
31
blephar/o-
eyelid
32
-opia
vision
33
ot/o
ear
