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HLHS CH5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -mania | excessive desire |
| cephal/o | head |
| mening/o, meningi/o | meninges (membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord) |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| neur/o | nerve |
| crani/o | head, skull |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| dur/o | tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| phas/o | speech |
| encephal/o | brain (inside head) |
| -phobia | excessive fear |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| phren/o | mind |
| gangli/o | nerve bundle |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| gnosi/o | know |
| psych/o | mind |
| hypn/o, somn/o/i | sleep |
| lob/o | lobe |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
| ton/o | muscle tone, tension |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| afferent nerve | nerve that carries impulses towards central nervous system |
| agnosia | inability to comprehend |
| ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) | degenerative disease of the central nervous system causing loss of muscle control, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease |
| anesthetic | drug that causes loss of sensation |
| anxiolytic | drug that lessens anxiety |
| aphasia | inability to speak |
| catatonia | condition characterized by reduced muscle tone |
| causalgia | painful sensation of burning |
| cerebral aneurysm | widening or abnormal dilation of a blood vessel in the brain |
| CVA (cerebrovascular accident) | accident involving blood vessels of the brain |
| clonus | muscle spasm or twitching |
| delirium | brief loss of mental function |
| dementia | loss/decline in metal function |
| dysphoria | negative emotional state |
| dystonia | condition characterized by involuntary muscle movements |
| efferent nerve | nerve that carries impulses away from central nervous system |
| general anesthetic | anesthetic that causes complete loss of consciousness |
| hemorrhagic stroke | stroke where blood loss is caused by rupture of a blood vessel |
| interictal | time between seizures |
| ischemic stroke | stroke where blood loss is caused by a blockage |
| local anesthetic | any anesthetic that does not affect consciousness |
| LP | lumbar puncture, inserting needle into lumbar region of spine to collect spinal fluid |
| MRA | magnetic resonance angiography, procedure used to examine blood vessels |
| neurogenic | originating from/created by nerves |
| PET scan | positron emission tomography, imaging procedure that uses radiation to produce cross sections of the brain |
| postictal | time after a seizure |
| preictal | time before a seizure |
| prosopagnosia | inability to recognize faces |
| psychogenic | originating in/created by the mind |
| psychopathy | a mental illness |
| psychotropic | drugs that are able to turn the mind |
| somnambulism | sleep walking |
| stroke | loss of brain function caused by interruption of blood flow/supply to brain |
| syncope | fainting, losing consciousness due to temporary loss of blood flow to brain |
| synesthesia | condition where one sensation is experienced as another |
| TIA (transient ischemic attack) | a mini-stroke caused by the blockage of a blood vessel that resolves itself within 24 hours |
| ICP | intercranial pressure |
| LOC | level of conscious |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system |
| lobotomy | incision into lobe |
| phas/o | speech |
| autosomatognosis | feeling or sensing a missing limb |
| myoclonus | muscle twitching |
| cerebral embolism | blockage of blood vessels in the brain caused by a foreign object |
| hydrocephaly | abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid in the brain |
| cerebral thrombosis | blockage of blood vessels in the brain caused by clots |
| meningitis | infection of tissue surrounding brain and spinal cord |
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