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Ch.10

Nervous System

TermDefinition
cerebell/o cerebellum
cerebr/o cerebrum
dur/o dura mater
encaphol/o brain
gli/o glial cells
lept/o thin, slender
mening/o, meningi/o membranes, meninges
my/o muscle
myel/o spinal cord
neur/o nerve
pont/o pons
radicul/o nerve root
thalam/o thalamus
thec/o sheath (refers to meninges)
vag/o vagus nerve
alges/o, -algesia excessive sensitivity to pain
-algia pain
caus/o burning
comat/o deep sleep
esthesi/o, -esthesia feeling, nervous sensation
kines/o movement
-kinesia movement
-kinesis movement
-kinetic movement
-lepsy seizure
lex/o word, phrase
-paresis slight paralysis
-phasia speech
-plegia paralysis
-praxia action
-sthenia strength
syncop/o cut off
tax/o order, coordination
quadri- quadriplegia, four
hypo- below
hemi- one half
poly- many
sub- under, less than normal
micro- small
hyper- above
dys- painful
epi- over, upon
para- alongside of
-ptosis sagging, prolapse
-sclerosis hardening
-blast immature
-cele hernia
AD Alzheimer disease
AFP Alpha-fetoprotein
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
AVM Arteriovenous malformation
BBB Blood-brain barrier
CNS Central nervous system
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
CTE Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
CVA Cerebrovascular accident
EEG Electroencephalogram
GABA Gamma-aminobutyric acid (neurotransmitter)
ICP Intracranial pressure
LP Lumbar puncture
MAC Monitored anesthetic care
MG Myasthenia gravis
MRA Magnetic resonance angigraphy
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MS Multiple sclerosis
1/2 P Hemiparesis
PCA Patient controlled analgesia
PET Positron emission tomography
PNS Peripheral nervous system
PSRS Proton stereotactic radiosurgery
Sz Seizure
TBI Traumatic brain injury
TENS Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
TIA Transient ischemic attack
TLE Temporal lobe epilepsy
tPA Tissue plasminogen activator
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