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Neuro/psych

QuestionAnswer
Phren/o mind
Esthetics the study of art and philosophy as it pertains to beauty
phas/o speech
endarterectomy cutting and cleaning of a partially blocked artery
fast speech tachyphagias
gnosi knowledge, to know
cerebr/o brain
crani/o head,skull
neur/o nerve
myel/o spinal cord, bone marrow
-paresis partial paralysis
hypn/o sleep
gangli/o nerve bundle
-plegia paralysis
esthesi/o sensation
-asthenia weakness
acrophobia fear of heights
paresthesia numbness, tingling of the skin
apathy lack of emotion
hematoma a tumorlike mass made of blood cells
MRA magnetic resonance angiography. A procedure to examine blood vessels
PET scan (positron emission tomography) an imaging procedure that uses radiation to from cross section images of the brain.
nystagus involuntary back and forth eye movement
Afferent Nerve Carries impulses 'A'way from the PNS to the CNS
Efferent nerve Carries impulses from the CNS to the PNS
Clonus seizures
Psychosomatic the relationship between the body and mind
encephalo brain
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