Unit 12: Nervous System and Mental Health Flashcards

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alges/o

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sense of pain

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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astr/o

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star

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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clon/o

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rapid contracting and relaxing

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concuss/o

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to shake violently

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crani/o

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skull

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dur/o

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dura mater

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electr/o

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electricity

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encephal/o

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brain

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esthesi/o

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sensation, feeling

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gli/o

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glue

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hal/o

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to breathe

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isch/o

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to hold back

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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lower back

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medull/o

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medulla oblongata

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mening/o

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meninges

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meningi/o

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meninges

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ment/o

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mind

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord

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poli/o

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gray matter

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pont/o

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pons

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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scler/o

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hard

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spin/o

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spine

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thec/o

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sheath

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tom/o

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to cut

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ton/o

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tone

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topic/o

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a specific area

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vascul/o

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blood vessel

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ven/o

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vein

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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vertebr/o

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vertebra

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-asthenia

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weakness

41
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-cele

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protrusion

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-paresis

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weakness

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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-taxia

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muscle coordination

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-trophic

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pertaining to development

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a-
an-
de-

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without

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hemi-

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half

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para-

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abnormal, two like parts of a pair

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semi-

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partial

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tri-

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three

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un-

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not

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amnes/o

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forgetfulness

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anxi/o

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fear, worry

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compuls/o

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drive, compel

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delus/o

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false belief

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depress/o

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to press down

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hallucin/o

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imagined perception

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klept/o

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to steal

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ment/o

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mind

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narc/o

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stupor, sleep

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neur/o

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nerve

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obsess/o

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besieged by thoughts

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phob/o

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irrational fear

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phren/o

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mind

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psych/o

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mind

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pyr/o

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fire

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schiz/o

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split

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soci/o

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society

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-iatrist

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physician

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-iatry

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medical treatment

73
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-lepsy

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seizure

74
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-mania

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frenzy

75
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-phoria

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condition to bear