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nervous system
med term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| myelin/o | myelin sheath |
| tom/o | to cut |
| para | abnormal |
| polio | gray |
| tetra | four |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebellitis | inflammation of the cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cerebral | pertaining to the brain |
| cerebrospinal | pertaining to the brain and the spinal cord |
| cerebrovascular | pertaining to the brain and blood vessels |
| dur/o | dura mater (membrane surrounding the brain) |
| epidural | upon the dura mater |
| subdural | under the dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| electroencephalogram | record of the electrical activity of the brain |
| electroencephalograph | instrument to record the electrical activity of the brain |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
| encephalomalacia | softening of the brain |
| encephalopathy | any disease of the brain |
| hydr/o | water |
| hydrocephalus | accumulation of fluid on the brain |
| mening/o | meninges;membrane |
| meningitis | inflammation of the meninges |
| meningoencephalitis | inflammation of the meninges and the brain |
| myel/o | spinal cord/bone marrow |
| neur/o | nerve |
| myoneural | pertaining to the muscle and the nerve(neuromuscular) |
| neuralgia | nerve pain |
| neurology | the study of the nervous system |
| neurologist | specialist of diagnosis and treatment of the nervous system |
| neurolysis | nerve destruction |
| lysis | destruction;breakdown;separation |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| ventricul/o | ventricles |
| cele | hernia |
| esthesia | sensation |
| anesthesia | loss of sensation |
| hyperesthesia | increased sensation |
| dyesthesia | bad/irritating sensation |
| paresthesia | abnormal sensation; numbness and tingling |
| oma | tumor |
| meningioma | benign tumor of the meninges |
| phasia | speech |
| aphasia | no speech |
| dysphasia | difficult speech |
| plegia | paralysis |
| diplegia | paralysis of like extremities on both sides of the body |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of either right or left side of the body |
| monoplegia | paralysis of one extremity |
| paraplegia | paralysis of lower body and legs |
| tetraplegia | paralysis of all four limbs(quadriplegia) |
| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis- death of nerve cells results in muscular degeneration - Lou Gehrig's disease |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| EEG | electroencephalagraphy |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MS | multiple sclerosis |
| PD | Parkinson's disease |
| nervous systems functions | sensory, integrative and motor |
| 2 parts of the nervous system | Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system |
| central nervous system | consists of the spinal cord which is the body's information superhighway and the brain which is the information/processing center |
| peripheral nervous system | made up of both sensory and motor neurons(nerves) |
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