Chapter 10 Nervous System – Flashcards
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alges/o
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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caus/o
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burning
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum (posterior part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and balance)
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum (larget part of the brain) that handles voluntay activity--thinking, personality, sensatons, movements, memory
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comat/o
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deep sleep (coma)
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dur/o
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dura mater (outer layer of the meninges)
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encephal/o
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brain (does not have myelin sheath); control center
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esthesi/o
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feeling, nervous sensation
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gli/o
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glial cells; glue (supportive and connective cells in the nervous system); types are astrocytes, micoglial, ependymal and oligodendeocytes
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kines/o, kinesi/o
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movement (motion)
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lept/o
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thin, slinder
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lex/o
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word, phrase
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mening/o, meningi/o
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membrane, meninges; three protective membrains that surround the brain and spinal cord
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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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neur/o
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nerves
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pont/o
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pons (connective nerves to the eyes and face); part of the brain that means "bridge;" anterior to the cerebellum and between the medulla
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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syncop/o
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to cut off; cut short
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tax/o
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order; coordination
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thalam/o
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thalamus (main relay station of the brain); for sensory impulses between the spinal cord and appropriate centers in the cerebrum; pain
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thec/o
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sheath (
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vag/o
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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
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-algesia
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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-esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
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-kinesia, -kinesis, or -kinetic
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movement
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-lepsy
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seizure
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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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-praxia
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action
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-stenia
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strength
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cerebral cortex
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outer region of the cerebrum (called grey matter) containing sheets of nerve cells
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cerebro spinal fluid
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fluid that surrounds the cerebrum and spinal cord
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subdural hematoma
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collection of blood under or below the dura mater
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epidural hematoma
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collection of blood above the dura mater
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encephalopathy
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diseased condition of the brain
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anencephaly
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condition of no brain (congenital abnormality)
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glial cells
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stromal or connective cells of nervous system, important in the formation of milan
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glioblastoma
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maligant tumor of glial cells
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leptomeningitis
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inflammation of thr leptomeninges
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meningeal
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pertaining to the meninges
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meningioma
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tumor of the meninges
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meningomyellocele
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hernia of the meninges and spinal cord
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myoneural
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pertaining to muscles and nerves
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myelogram
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x-ray recvord of the spinal cord
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poliomyelitis
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inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord
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neuropathy
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disease condition of the nerves
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polyneuritis
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inflammation of many nerves
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cerebellopontine
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pertaining to the cerebellums and poris
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radiculopathy
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disease condition of the spinal nerve root
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radiculitis
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inflammation of a spinal nerve root
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thalamic
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pertaining to the thalamus
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intrathecal injection
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injection of substances into the subarachnoid space
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analgesia
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without excessive sensitivity to pain
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hypalgesia
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diminished sensation to pain
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neuralgia
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nerve pain
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cephalgia
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head pain (headache)
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causalgia
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intense burning pain in the skin
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comatose
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pertaining to coma or deep sleep
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anesthesia
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without feeling or sensation
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hyperesthesia
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excessive nervous sensation
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paresthesia
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abnormal nervous sensation
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bradykinesia
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slow movement
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hyperkinesis
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excessive movement
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akinetic
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pertaining to no movement
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dyskinesia
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abnormal movement
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epilepsy
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chronic brain disorder characterized by recurent brain seizure activities
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narcolepsy
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sudden, uncontrollable compuosion to sleep
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dyslexia
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reading, writing and learning disorders
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hemiparesis
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slight paralysis or weakness of half the body's left or right side
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aphasia
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without speech or inability to speak
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hemiplegia
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paralysis to half of the body
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paraplegia
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paralysis to the lower half of the body
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quadriplegia
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paralysis of all four parts of the body
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apraxia
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inability to perform purposeful actions
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neurasthenia
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lack of nervous strength
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syncopal
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pertaining to fainting or sinkope
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ataxia
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a lack of muscle coordination
