CPC ch 2-Nervous System
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| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum
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| Cortic/o | cerebral cortex, outer portion
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| Encephal/o | Brain
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| Gangli/o, ganglion/o | ganglion
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| Gli/o | neuroglia cells
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| Medull/o | medulla oblongata, medulla(inner section), middle, soft, marrow
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| mening/o, meninge/o | meninges
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| myel/o | spinal cord
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| Narc/o | stupor, numbness, sleep
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| Neur/o, neur/i | nervous system, nervous tissue, nerve
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| Psych/o | mind
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| Radiculo/o | spinal nerve root
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| somn/o, somn/i | sleep
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| Amnesia | Loss of memory
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| Ataxia | Loss of muscular coordination
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| Bradykinesia | Abnormal or slowness of motion
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| Cephalgia/Cephalagia | Headache
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| Cerebrospinal | pertaining to the brain and spinal cord
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| Craniotomy | surgical incision into the skull
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| Discectomy | Surgical excision of an interverebral disc
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| Dyphasia | Impairment of speech
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| Encephalomalacia | Softening of the brain often due to ischemia or infarction
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| Epidural | Pertaining to above or outside the dura mater.
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| Hemiparesis | Paralysis on one side of the body
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| intracranial | Within the skull
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| Laminectomy | Excision of the vertebral posterior arch or spinal process
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| Meningitis | Inflammation of the meninges or the membranes covering the spinal cord or brain
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| Myelitis | Inflammation of the spinal cord
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| Neuralgia | Severe or stabbing pain in the course of a nerve
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| Neuritis | Inflammation of a nerve
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| Neurologist | Physician who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system
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| Neurolysis | destruction of nerve tissue or lysis perineural adhesions
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| Neurorrhaphy | Repair of severed nerve by suture, graft or synthetic conduit.
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| Neurosis | Emotional condition or disorder, anxiety is a primary characteristic
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| Paranoia | A mental disorder, often includes delusions involving persecution.
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| Poliomyelitis | Inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord
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| Psychosis | Abnormal condition of the mind, gross disorganization or distortion of mental capacity.
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| Quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four extemities
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| Radiculitis | Inflammation of the spinal nerve roots.
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| Subdural | Below the dura mater.
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| Vagotomy | Surgical incision of the vagus nerve.
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