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NERVOUS SYSTEM
CHAPT 5
Term | Definition |
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CEREBR/O, ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
CEREBELL/O | CEREBELLUM |
LOB/O | LOBE |
CEPHAL/O | HEAD |
CRANI/O | HEAD, SKULL |
MENING/O, MENINGI/O | MENINGES ( MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD) |
DUR/O | DURA ( TOUGH OUTER MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD) |
NEUR/O | NERVE |
GANGLI/O | NERVE BUNDLE |
MYEL/O | SPINAL CORD, BONE MARROW |
ESTHESI/O | FEELING, SENSATION |
PHAS/O | SPEECH |
PHREN/O, PSYCH/O | MIND |
SOMN/O, SOMN/I, HYPN/O | SLEEP |
GNOSI/O | KNOW |
-MANIA | EXCESSIVE DESIRE |
-PHOBIA | EXCESSIVE FEAR OR SENSITIVITY |
-PARESIS | SLIGHT OR PARTIAL PARALYSIS |
TON/O | MUSCLE TONE, TENSION, PRESSURE |
KINESI/O, KINET/O | MOVEMENT, MOTION |
TAX/O | ARRANGEMENT, ORDER, COORDINATION |
-PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
-ASTHENIA | WEAKNESS |
ADHD | ATTENTION - DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER |
ALS | LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE ( AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS) |
CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
CP | CEREBRAL PALSY |
CSF | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT |
EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM |
EMG | ELECTROMYOGRAM |
HD | HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE |
ICP | INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE |
LOC | LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE |
MRA | MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY |
MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
OCD | OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER |
PET | POSITION EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY |
PNS | PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
SRS | STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY |
TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |