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| myelin/o | myelin sheath
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| tom/o | to cut
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| para | abnormal
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| polio | gray
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| tetra | four
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebellitis | inflammation of the cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | brain
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| cerebral | pertaining to the brain
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| cerebrospinal | pertaining to the brain and the spinal cord
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| cerebrovascular | pertaining to the brain and blood vessels
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| dur/o | dura mater (membrane surrounding the brain)
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| epidural | upon the dura mater
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| subdural | under the dura mater
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| encephal/o | brain
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| electroencephalogram | record of the electrical activity of the brain
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| electroencephalograph | instrument to record the electrical activity of the brain
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| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain
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| encephalomalacia | softening of the brain
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| encephalopathy | any disease of the brain
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| hydr/o | water
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| hydrocephalus | accumulation of fluid on the brain
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| mening/o | meninges;membrane
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| meningitis | inflammation of the meninges
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| meningoencephalitis | inflammation of the meninges and the brain
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| myel/o | spinal cord/bone marrow
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| neur/o | nerve
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| myoneural | pertaining to the muscle and the nerve(neuromuscular)
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| neuralgia | nerve pain
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| neurology | the study of the nervous system
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| neurologist | specialist of diagnosis and treatment of the nervous system
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| neurolysis | nerve destruction
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| lysis | destruction;breakdown;separation
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| thalam/o | thalamus
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| ventricul/o | ventricles
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| cele | hernia
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| esthesia | sensation
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| anesthesia | loss of sensation
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| hyperesthesia | increased sensation
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| dyesthesia | bad/irritating sensation
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| paresthesia | abnormal sensation; numbness and tingling
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| oma | tumor
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| meningioma | benign tumor of the meninges
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| phasia | speech
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| aphasia | no speech
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| dysphasia | difficult speech
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| plegia | paralysis
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| diplegia | paralysis of like extremities on both sides of the body
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| hemiplegia | paralysis of either right or left side of the body
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| monoplegia | paralysis of one extremity
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| paraplegia | paralysis of lower body and legs
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| tetraplegia | paralysis of all four limbs(quadriplegia)
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| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis- death of nerve cells results in muscular degeneration - Lou Gehrig's disease
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| CNS | central nervous system
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| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid
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| EEG | electroencephalagraphy
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| LP | lumbar puncture
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| MS | multiple sclerosis
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| PD | Parkinson's disease
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| nervous systems functions | sensory, integrative and motor
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| 2 parts of the nervous system | Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system
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| central nervous system | consists of the spinal cord which is the body's information superhighway and the brain which is the information/processing center
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| peripheral nervous system | made up of both sensory and motor neurons(nerves)
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