Unit 12: Nervous System and Mental Health Flashcards
1
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alges/o
A
sense of pain
2
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angi/o
A
vessel
3
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
4
Q
astr/o
A
star
5
Q
cephal/o
A
head
6
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
8
Q
clon/o
A
rapid contracting and relaxing
9
Q
concuss/o
A
to shake violently
10
Q
crani/o
A
skull
11
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
12
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
13
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
14
Q
esthesi/o
A
sensation, feeling
15
Q
gli/o
A
glue
16
Q
hal/o
A
to breathe
17
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
18
Q
later/o
A
side
19
Q
lumb/o
A
lower back
20
Q
medull/o
A
medulla oblongata
21
Q
mening/o
A
meninges
22
Q
meningi/o
A
meninges
23
Q
ment/o
A
mind
24
Q
my/o
A
muscle
25
myel/o
spinal cord
26
poli/o
gray matter
27
pont/o
pons
28
radicul/o
nerve root
29
scler/o
hard
30
spin/o
spine
31
thalam/o
thalamus
32
thec/o
sheath
33
tom/o
to cut
34
ton/o
tone
35
topic/o
a specific area
36
vascul/o
blood vessel
37
ven/o
vein
38
ventricul/o
ventricle
39
vertebr/o
vertebra
40
-asthenia
weakness
41
-cele
protrusion
42
-paresis
weakness
43
-phasia
speech
44
-plegia
paralysis
45
-rrhaphy
suture
46
-taxia
muscle coordination
47
-trophic
pertaining to development
48
a-
an-
de-
without
49
hemi-
half
50
para-
abnormal, two like parts of a pair
51
semi-
partial
52
tri-
three
53
un-
not
54
amnes/o
forgetfulness
55
anxi/o
fear, worry
56
compuls/o
drive, compel
57
delus/o
false belief
58
depress/o
to press down
59
hallucin/o
imagined perception
60
klept/o
to steal
61
ment/o
mind
62
narc/o
stupor, sleep
63
neur/o
nerve
64
obsess/o
besieged by thoughts
65
phob/o
irrational fear
66
phren/o
mind
67
psych/o
mind
68
pyr/o
fire
69
schiz/o
split
70
soci/o
society
71
-iatrist
physician
72
-iatry
medical treatment
73
-lepsy
seizure
74
-mania
frenzy
75
-phoria
condition to bear
