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ch15wordparts/neuro
ExploringMedicalLanguage8theditionch15wordparts/neurodiag(N.D.'s class)
Question | Answer |
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cerebello | cerebellum; balance and coordination portion of brain |
cerebro | cerebrum; thinking part of brain |
duro | dura mater; outermost meninge |
encephalo | brain |
esthesio | sensation, feeling |
ganglio | Ganglion; collection of nerve endings outside CNS |
gangliono | ganglion |
meningi | meninges; 3 layers around brain and spinal cord (dura, pia, arachnoid) |
meningo | meninges |
mento | mind |
mono | one |
myelo | spinal cord |
neuro | nerve |
phaso | speech |
psycho | mind |
quadri | four |
radico | nerve root; anterior and posterior fibers from spinal cord that comprise spinal nerve |
radiculo | nerve root |
rhizo | nerve root |
-iatrist | specialist, physician |
-iatry | study of or field of |
-ictal | seizure |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
Neurological Assessment | 1. A + O x 3 2. PERL 3. Mentation |
A + O x 3 | alert and oriented times three (person, place and time) |
alert | what does the patient respond to? - voice, touch, pain |
PERL | pupils equal and reactive to light |
Mentation | ability to think |
LOC | level of consciousness |
LOC | loss of consciousness |