Word Meanings Flashcards

1
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greek- spider; shaped

A

arachnoid

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2
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greek- self; law

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autonomic

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3
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greek- axis

A

axon

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4
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greek- weight; Latin- to recieve

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baroreceptor

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5
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Broca, French surgeon (1824-1880)

A

Broca area

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6
Q

Latin- tail-like; horse

A

cauda equina

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7
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Latin- little brain

A

cerebellum

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8
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latin- brain

A

cerebrum

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9
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greek- chemical; Latin- to recieve

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chemoreceptor

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10
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latin- snail shell

A

cochlea

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11
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latin- to lead together

A

conduction

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12
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latin- body; hard or callused

A

corpus callosum

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13
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latin- bark or rind

A

cortex

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14
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greek- cell

A

cyton

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15
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greek- treelike

A

dendrites

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16
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greek- two or second; brain

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diencephalon

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17
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latin- hard or tough; mother

A

dura matter

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18
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greek- brain

A

encephalic

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19
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latin- threadlike; at the end

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filum terminale

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20
Q

greek- knot

A

ganglion

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21
Q

greek- circle

A

gyri

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22
Q

latin- anvil

A

incus

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23
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latin- between; together, amid; messenger

A

internuncial

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24
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latin- within; spindle

A

intrafusal

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25
Q

latin- spot

A

macula

26
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greek- machine; latin- to recieve

A

mechanoreceptor

27
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latin- marrow or middle; long

A

medulla oblongata

28
Q

greek-membrane

A

meninges

29
Q

greek- marrow

A

myelin

30
Q

greek- sinew; husk

A

neurilemma

31
Q

greek- sinew

A

neuro

32
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greek- sinew; glue

A

neuroglia

33
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greek- sinew; latin- a sending across

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neurotransmitter

34
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latin- hurt; to recieve

A

nociceptor

35
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Ranvier, French pathologist (1835-1922)

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node of Ranvier

36
Q

Greek- little; tree; cell

A

oligodendrocyte

37
Q

greek- by the side of, sympathetic

A

parasympathetic

38
Q

greek- light; latin- to recieve

A

photoreceptor

39
Q

latin- tender, soft; mother

A

pia matter

40
Q

latin- braid

A

plexus

41
Q

greek- old man; eye

A

presbyopia

42
Q

latin- one’s own; a reciever

A

proprioceptor

43
Q

latin- bridge

A

pons

44
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latin- to move backward; to restrain

A

reciprocal inhibition

45
Q

latin- bent back

A

reflex

46
Q

latin- a net

A

retina

47
Q

latin- a dance or leap

A

saltatory

48
Q

Schwann, German anatomist (1810-1882)

A

Schwann cell

49
Q

greek- body

A

soma

50
Q

latin- stirrup

A

stapes

51
Q

latin- to incite

A

stimuli

52
Q

latin- groove or furrow

A

sulci

53
Q

latin- total

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summation

54
Q

greek- to feel with

A

sympathetic

55
Q

greek- to join

A

synapse

56
Q

greek- chamber

A

thalamus

57
Q

greek- heat; Latin- to recieve

A

thermoreceptor

58
Q

greek- drum

A

tympanic

59
Q

latin- wandering

A

vagus

60
Q

Wernicke, German neurologist (1848-1905)

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Wernicke area