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Medical Terminology A Living Language

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alges/o   sense of pain  
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what are the primary structures of the nervous system?   brain, spinal cord, nerves  
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astr/o   star  
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cephal/o   head  
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cerebell/o   cerebellum  
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cerebr/o   cerebrum  
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clon/o   rapid contracting and relaxing  
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dur/o   dura mater  
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encephal/o   brain  
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esthes/o   sensation, feeling  
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gli/o   glue  
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medull/o   medulla oblongata  
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mening/o   meninges  
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meningi/o   meninges  
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myel/o   spinal cord  
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neur/o   nerve  
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poli/o   gray matter  
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pont/o   pons  
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radicul/o   nerve root  
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thalam/o   thalamus  
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thec/o   sheath (meninges)  
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ton/o   tone  
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ventricul/o   ventricle  
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-paresis   weakness  
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-phagia   speech  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-taxia   muscle coordination  
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-trophic   pertaining to development  
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what are the three parts of a neuron?   dendrites, nerve cell body, axon  
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what would you call the area which is unsheathed dendrites or cell bodys   gray matter  
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what would you call myelinated nerve fibers?   white matter  
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what is the term for the interconnecting different parts of the CNS?   tracts  
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what is the term for the three membranes which encase the CNS?   meninges  
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what are the four sections of the brain?   cerebrum, cerebellum, diencephalon, brain stem  
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what is the outer layer of the cerebrum called?   cerebral cortex  
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what are the elevated portions of the cerebrum called?   convolutions or gyri  
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what are the fissures of the cerebrum called?   valleys or sulci  
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where are the thalamus and hypothalamus located?   diencephalon  
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which area of the nervous system does the hypothalamus control?   autonomic nervous system  
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which area of the brain controls pain perception?   thalamus  
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what does the cerebellum do for the body   balance, coordination, voluntary body movements  
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what are the three components of the brain stem?   midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata  
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