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CNHP 2010 Chapter 4
CHAPTER FOUR - NERVOUS SYSTEM AND PSYCHIATRY
Question | Answer |
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1. Meningi/o | meninges (membrane) |
2. Myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
3. Narc/o | stupor or sleep |
4. Neur/o | nerve |
5. Phas/o | speech |
6. Phob/o | exaggerated fear or sensitivity |
7. Phor/o | carry or bear |
8. Phren/o | mind |
9. Psych/o | mind |
10. Schiz/o | split |
11. Somat/o | body |
12. Somn/i | sleep |
13. Somn/o | sleep |
14. Spin/o | spine (thorn) |
15. Spondyl/o | vertebra |
16. Stere/o | three-dimensional or solid |
17. Tax/o | order or coordination |
18. Thalam/o | thalamus (a room) |
19. Thym/o | mind |
20. ton/o | tone or tension |
21. top/o | place |
22. ventricul/o | ventricle (belly or pouch) |
23. Vertebr/o | vertebra |
24. cata- | down |
25. asthenia | weakness |
26. lepsy | seizure |
27. Central Nervous System (CNS) | brain and spinal cord |
28. brain | portion of the central nervous system contained within the cranium |
29. Cerebrum | largest portion of the brain; divided into right and left halves, known as cerebral hemispheres, which are connected by a bridge a nerve fibers called the corpus callosum; lobes of the cerebrum are named after the skull bones they underlie |
30. Frontal lobe | anterior section of each cerebral hemisphere; responsible for voluntary muscle movement and personality |