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Units 7 & 8 Flashcards

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1
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arachn/o

A

spider

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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; the brain

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cortic/o

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outer covering

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encephal/o

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brain

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ganglio

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ganglia

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gli/o

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glue

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hydr/o

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water

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iatr/o

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physician

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-mania

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“morbid attraction to”

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meningio

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a membrane

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ment/o

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referring to the mind

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-mnesia

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memory

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myel/o

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in connection with the nervous system

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neur/o

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a nerve cell

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-oid

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like

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-paresis

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weakness; loss of movement

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-phasia

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speech

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-phobia

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unreasonable fear

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-plegia

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paralyzed

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psycho-

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referring to the mind

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schizo

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to split

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spin/o

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referring to the spinal cord

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ANS

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the parts of the PNS that carry messages between the CNS and organs that function autonomously

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Arachnoid Mater

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delicate weblike meninges (middle layer)

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CNS

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the subdivision of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord

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diencephalon

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the part of the brain that contains both the thalamus and the hypothalamus

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dura mater

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fibrous outer meninges

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leptomeninx

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term for the arachnoid mater and pia mater

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mesencephalon

A

midbrain

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neuroglia

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cells that are in the CNS and PNS

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pia mater

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inner layer of the meninges

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medulla oblongata

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sends sensory information to the thalamus to direst autonomous functions (heartbeat)

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brain stem

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controls involuntary functions

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cerebellum

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controls the skeletal muscles

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cerebral cortex

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the grey matter surrounding the cerebrum

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cerebrum

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controls conscious thought and memory (largest portion of the brain

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pons

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passes information to the cerebellum and thalamus

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thalamus

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processes sensory info

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frontal lobe

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voluntary muscle movement

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ganglia

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in the PNS

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hypothalamus

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hormone and emotion center

44
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somnabulism

A

sleep walking

45
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syncope

A

fainting

46
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vertigo

A

dizziness

47
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Cushing’s

A

too much hydrocortisone

48
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gigantism

A

overgrowth before puberty

49
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triiodothyronine

A

T3

50
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Thyroxine

A

T4

51
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adenitis

A

inflammation of a gland

52
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diabetes insipidus

A

posterior pituitary does not produce enough ADH

53
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hypophysis

A

pituitary gland

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Grave’s Disease

A

hyperthyroidism; too much T4

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