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Part 5

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Blood Brain Barrier   protective mechanism that blocks specific substance form getting into the brain tissue  
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CNS   Brain and spinal cord  
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Neurilemma   formed by Schwann cells and only found on peripheral nervous system  
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dendr/o   tree  
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encephalo   brain  
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gli   glue  
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knisesio   movement  
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lept   thin  
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lex   word  
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narco   numbness  
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radiculo   nerve root  
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ton   tension  
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algesia   pain  
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asthenia   weakness  
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esthesia   feeling  
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phasia   speech  
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plegia   paralysis  
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taxia   order  
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pachy   thic  
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Agnosia   inability to comprehend  
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ataxia   lack of muscle coordination  
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aura   precedes seizures  
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Guilian Barre Syndrome   decreased nerve impuses, loss of relfex, and muscle weakness  
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herpes zoster   shingles  
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Huntington Chorea   inferited disease of CNS, quick involuntary movement  
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lethargy   lack of response to normal stimuli  
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Myelomeningocele   most severe form of spina bifida, spinal cord during birth protrudes throught the spine  
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paresthesia   sensation of numbness  
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poliomyelitis   inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord cause by a virus  
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Sciatica   serve pain in the leg  
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syncope   temprary loss of consciousness  
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EEG   Electroencephaly Graph, monitors electrical ACTIVITYl in brian  
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EMG   Electromypgraphy, record electrical SIGNALS  
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Angiography   radiography of blood vessels  
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Cyrosurgery   expose tissue to extreem cold to destroy it  
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Trephination   cuts a circular opening in the skull  
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General   act upon the brain to produce complete loss of feeling with loss of consciousness  
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local   acts upon nerves  
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antoconvulsants   prevent seizueres  
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antiparkinsonian agents   increasing dopamine in brain  
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hypnotics   releive anxiety  
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ADAD   Alzeheimer Diesease  
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