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LOFM Chapter 10
The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition
Question | Answer |
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CEREBELL/O | CEREBELLUM (POSTERIOR PART OF THE BRAIN THAT COORDINATES MUSCLE MOVEMENTS AND MAINTAINS BALANCE) |
DUR/O | DURA MATER (THICK, OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE MENINGES SURROUNDING AND PROTECTING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD) |
ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
GLI/O | GLIAL CELLS (NEUROGLIAL CELL) SUPPORTIVE AND CONNECTIVE NERVE CELL THAT DOES NOT CARRY NERVOUS IMPULSES. |
LEPT/O | THIN, SLENDER |
MENING/O MENINGI/O | MEMBRANES, MENINGES |
MY/O | MUSCLE |
MYEL/O | SPINAL CORD (MEANS BONE MARROW IN OTHER CONTEXTS) |
NEUR/O | NERVE |
PONT/O | PONS [CONNECTION OF NERVES (TO THE EYES AND FACE)] |
RADICUL/O | NERVE ROOT (OF SPINAL NERVES) |
THALAM/O | THALAMUS (MAIN RELAY CENTER OF THE BRAIN. IT CONDUCTS IMPULSES BETWEEN THE SPINAL CORD AND THE CEREBRUM; INCOMING SENSORY MESSAGES ARE RELAYED THROUGH THE THALAMUS TO APPROPRIATE CENTERS IN THE CEREBRUM) |
THEC/O | SHEAT (REFERS TO THE MENINGES-THREE PROTECTIVE MEMEBRANES THAT SURROUND THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD) |
VAG/O | VAGUS NERVE (10TH CRANIAL NERVE) IT CARRIES MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE NECK, CHEST, AND ABDOMEN. |
ALGES/O -ALGESIA | EXCESSIVE SENSITIVITY TO PAIN |
-ALGIA | PAIN |
CAUS/O | BURNING |
COMAT/O | DEEP SLEEP (COMA) |
ESTHESI/O -ESTHESIA | FEELING NERVOUS SENSATION |
KENIS/O KINESI/O -KINESIA -KINESIS -KINETIC | MOVEMENT |
-LEPSY | SEIZURE |
LEX/O | WORD, PHRASE |
-PARESIS | WEAKNESS |
-PHASIA | SPEECH |
-PLEGIA | PARALYSIS (LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OF THE ABILITY TO MOVE PARTS OF THE BODY) |
-PRAXIA | ACTION |
-STHENIA | STRENGTH |
SYNCOP/O | TO CUT OFF, CUT SHORT |
TAX/O | ORDER, COORDINATION |
BRACHI/O | ARM |
ASTR/O | STAR |
OLIG/O | FEW OR SCANTY |