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Medical Terminolgy
Part 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blood Brain Barrier | protective mechanism that blocks specific substance form getting into the brain tissue |
| CNS | Brain and spinal cord |
| Neurilemma | formed by Schwann cells and only found on peripheral nervous system |
| dendr/o | tree |
| encephalo | brain |
| gli | glue |
| knisesio | movement |
| lept | thin |
| lex | word |
| narco | numbness |
| radiculo | nerve root |
| ton | tension |
| algesia | pain |
| asthenia | weakness |
| esthesia | feeling |
| phasia | speech |
| plegia | paralysis |
| taxia | order |
| pachy | thic |
| Agnosia | inability to comprehend |
| ataxia | lack of muscle coordination |
| aura | precedes seizures |
| Guilian Barre Syndrome | decreased nerve impuses, loss of relfex, and muscle weakness |
| herpes zoster | shingles |
| Huntington Chorea | inferited disease of CNS, quick involuntary movement |
| lethargy | lack of response to normal stimuli |
| Myelomeningocele | most severe form of spina bifida, spinal cord during birth protrudes throught the spine |
| paresthesia | sensation of numbness |
| poliomyelitis | inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord cause by a virus |
| Sciatica | serve pain in the leg |
| syncope | temprary loss of consciousness |
| EEG | Electroencephaly Graph, monitors electrical ACTIVITYl in brian |
| EMG | Electromypgraphy, record electrical SIGNALS |
| Angiography | radiography of blood vessels |
| Cyrosurgery | expose tissue to extreem cold to destroy it |
| Trephination | cuts a circular opening in the skull |
| General | act upon the brain to produce complete loss of feeling with loss of consciousness |
| local | acts upon nerves |
| antoconvulsants | prevent seizueres |
| antiparkinsonian agents | increasing dopamine in brain |
| hypnotics | releive anxiety |
| ADAD | Alzeheimer Diesease |