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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

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acrophobia   is an excessive fear of being in high places.  
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alzheirmers disease   is a group of disorders invo;ving the parts of the brain that control thought memory and language.  
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amyotropic lateral sclerosis   is a rapidly progressive neurological disease that attracks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles.  
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anesthetic   is the medication used to induce anesthesia.  
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anesthetist   is a medical profesional who specializes in administring anesthesia but is not a physican for example a nurse anesthetist  
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anxiety disorders   are mental conditions characterized by ecessive, irrational dread of everyday sintuations, or fear that is out of proportion to the real danger in a situation.  
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autism   also knows as AUTISTIC DISORDERS descrice a gruop of conditions in which a young child cannot develop normal social relationships compulsively follows repetive routines and frequently has poor communication skills.  
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bells plasy   is the temporary paralysis of the seventh carnial nerve that causes paralysis only of the affected side of the face.  
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carotid ultrasonography   is an ultasound study of the carotid artery.  
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causalgia   is persistent, severe burning pain that usually follows an injury to a sensory nerve.  
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cerebral contusion   is the bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury that causes the brain to bounce aganist the rigid bone of the skull.  
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celebral plasy   is a condition characterized by poor muscle control, spasticity, speech defects and other neurologic deficiencies due to damage that affects the cerebrum.  
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cerebrovascular accident   this condition is damage to the brain that occurs when the blood flow to the brain is disrupted because a blood vessel is either blocked or has ruptured.  
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cervical radiculophaty   is nerve pain caused by pressure on the spinal nerve roots in the neck region.  
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claustrophobia   is an abnormal fear or being in narrow or enclosed spaces.  
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cognition   describes the mental activities associated with thiking learning and memory.  
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concussion   is a violent shaking up or jarrin of the brain.  
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cranial hematoma   is a collection of blood trapped in the tissues of the brain.  
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delirium   is an acute condition of confusion, disirientation, disorderd thinking and memory, agitation and hallucinations  
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delirium treens   is a disorder involving sudden and severe mental changes or seizures caused by abruptly stopping the use of alcohol  
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delusion   is a false personal belief that is maintained despite obious proof or evidence to the contrary.  
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dementia   is a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities including memory, thinking, and judgment that is often accompanied by personality changes.  
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dura mater   is the think, tough outermost membrane of the meninges.  
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dyslexia   also know as a DEVELOP MENTAL READING DISORDERS, is a learning disability characterized by substandard reading achievement due to the inability of the brain to process symbols.  
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echoencephalography   is the use of ultrasound imaging to diagnose a shift sound  
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electroencephalography   is the process of recording the electrical activity of the brain throuth the use of electrondes attached to the sclap.  
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encephalitis   is a an inflamamation of the brain , can be caused by a viral infection such as rabies.  
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epidural anesthesia   is a regional anesthesia produced by injecting a local anesthethic into the epidural space of the lumbar or sacral region of the spine.  
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epilepsy   is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent episodes of seizures of varying severity.  
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factitious disorder   is a condition in which an individual acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she not really sick.  
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Guillain Barre Syndrome   also knows INFECTIOUS POLYNEURITIS, is an inflammation of rapidly worening muscle weakness that can leadto temporary paralysis.  
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hallucination   is a sensory perception.( sight, thoutch, sound, smell, or taste)experienced in the absense of an external stimulation.  
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hemorrhagic strock   also knows as BLEED occurs when a blood vessels in the brain leaks  
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hydrocephalus   is a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles of the brain.  
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hyperesthesia   is a condition of abnormal and excessive sensivity to touch, pain, or other sensory stimuli.  
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hypochondriasis   is characterized by fearing that one has a serious illness despite appropriate medical evaluation and reassurance.  
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ischemic strock   which is the most common type of stroke in older people, occurs when the flow of blood to the brain is blocked.  
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lethargy   is a lowered level of consciousness marked by listlessness, drowsiness andapathy.  
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meningitis   is an inflammation of the menges of the brain and spinal cord.  
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meningocele   is the congetial herniation of the meninges through a defect in the skull or spinal columm.  
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migraine headache   which can be preceded by a warning aura, is characterized by throbbing pain one one side of the head.  
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multiple sclerosis   is a progressive autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation that causes demmyelination of the myelin sheath.  
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myelitis   is an inflammation of the spinal cord.  
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myelography   is a radiographic study of the spinal cord after the injection of a contrast medium trouhg a lumbar puncture.  
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narcolepsy   is a sleep disorder consisting of sudden and uncontrollable brief episodes of falling asleep during the day.  
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neurotransmitters   are chimichal substances that make it possible for messages to cross from the synpse of a neron to the target receptor.  
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obsessive-complusive dosorder   an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors...............!!!!!!  
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panic attack   is characterized by a gruop of intestines emotional feelings that include apprehension, fearfulness and terror.  
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paresthesia   refers to a burning or panickling sensation that is usually felt in the hands, arms, legs, or feet, but can also occur in other parts of the body.  
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parkinsons disease   is a chronic degenerative centyral nervous disoerder characterized by fine muscle tremors, rigidits and slow or shufffling gaint.  
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peripheral neurophaty   also knows as PERPHERAL NEURITIS is a disorder of the nerves that carry information to and from the brainand spinal cord.  
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posttraumatic stress disorder   may develop after an event involving actual or the threatend death or injury to the individual or someone else, during which the person felt intense fear, helplessness, or horror.  
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reyes syndrome   is a potentially serious or deadly disorder in childrenn that is characterized by vomiting and confunsion.  
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schizophrenia   is a phychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thiking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual distrubances.  
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sciatica   is inflammmation of the scitic nerve that results in pain, burning and tingling along the course of the affected sciatic nerve through the thing leg and the foot.  
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shaken baby syndrome   describes the resultsof a child being violently shaken by someone.  
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syncope   is the brief loss of consciousness caused by the decreased flow of blood to the brain  
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thrichotillomania   is a disorder characterized by repeated pulling out of ones own hair.  
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trigeminal neuralgia   is caractherized by severe lighning like pain due to an inflammation of the fifth cranial nerve.  
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caus/o-   burn; burning  
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concuss/o-   shaken together  
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encephal/o   brain  
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esthet/o   nervous sensation  
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klept/o   to steal  
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mening/o   meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord & brain)  
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myel/o   spinal cord and bone marrow  
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neur/i   Of or pertaining to nerves and the nervous system  
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neur/o   nerve  
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phych/o   thick  
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-esthesia   nervous sensation  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-mania   obsessive preoccupation  
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-phobia   fear  
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-trophic   nourishment; development (condition of)  
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-tropic   turning  
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C0MA   is a profound state of uncoscioosness markey by the absence of spontanceous eye movements no response to painful stimuli and the lack of speech.  
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