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Nervous
Body system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| encephal/o | brain |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| cerebellum | lower back part of brain |
| controls breathing and heart beat | medulla oblongata |
| medulla oblongata | lower part of brain near spinal cord |
| controls coordination & balance | cerebellum |
| spinal cord | collection of nerves within spinal cavity, surrounded by backbones |
| cerebrum | largest part of brain |
| controls movement, thoughts reasoning, vision, hearing & speech | cerebrum |
| myelitis | infl. spinal cord |
| cerebral | pert. to largest part of brain |
| medullary | pert. loweer part of brain closest to spinal cord |
| encephalitis | infl. of brain |
| neuropathy | disease of nerve |
| cerebellar | pert. to posterior portion of the brain |
| controls equilibrum | cerebellum |
| cerebrovascular accident | damage to blood vessel in brain. - Stroke |
| multiple sclerosis | destruction of myelin sheath around nerve cells in the CNS |
| concussion | blunt injury to brain loss of consciousness |
| syncope | fainting |
| epilepsy | chronic brain disorder with seizure activity |
| meningitis | infl. membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord |
| glioblastoma | malignant tumor of the brain |
| paraplegia | paralysis of the lower portion of body |
| hemiplegia | paralysis one side of body |
| Alzheimer disease | brain disorder marked by deterioration in mental activity |
| dementia | severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain. |
| lumbar puncture | remove cerebrospinal fluid |
| CSF analysis | chemical test cell counts, culture and smears of fluid surounding brain and spinal cord |
| cerebral angiography | x-ray image of blood vessels in the brain |
| PET scan | uptake of radioactive material in brain shows brain uses glucose |
| stereotactic radiosurgery | gamma knife destroy brain tissue |
| TENS | for stimulation to nerves, acute chronic pain |
| pons | Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum. |
| cauda equina | The bundle of spinal nerve roots running through the lower part of the subarachnoid space within the vertebral canal below the first lumbar vertebra. |
| cervical nerves | neck nerves 1-8 |
| thoracic nerves | chest nerves 1-12 |
| lumbar nerves | loin nerves 1-5 |
| sacral nerves | sacrum nerves 1-5 |
| coccygeal nerves | tail-bone nerve |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| ischemia | local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow. |
| glioblastoma | Immature tumor (cells) of the supportive CNS tissue |
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