Word parts of the nervous system
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show | lob/o
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show | cephal/o
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show | crani/o
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Root for brain | show 🗑
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Root for cerebellum | show 🗑
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Root and meaning of Meninges | show 🗑
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show | dur/o
Tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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Root for nerve | show 🗑
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Root for nerve bundle | show 🗑
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show | myel/o
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Root for feeling, sensation | show 🗑
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show | phas/o
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Root for mind | show 🗑
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Root for sleep | show 🗑
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Root for know | show 🗑
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show | -mania
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Suffix for excessive fear or sensitivity | show 🗑
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Suffix for slight or partial paralysis | show 🗑
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show | ton/o
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show | tax/o
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show | -plegia
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Suffix for weakness | show 🗑
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show | a=not, phas=speaking, ia= condition
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show | a=not, taxia= coordination
lack of coordination
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catatonia KAT-ah-TOH-nee-ah | show 🗑
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show | brief loss of mental function
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show | de=down, ment= mind, ia= condition
loss/decline in mental function
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dyskinesia dis-kih-NEE-zhah | show 🗑
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show | dys=bad, lex= reading, ia= condition
difficulty reading
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dysphasia dis-FAY-zhah | show 🗑
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dystonia dis-TOH-nee-ah | show 🗑
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show | in=not, somn= sleeping, ia= condition
inability to sleep
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show | myo= muscle, clonus= turmoil
muscle twitching
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myospasm MAI-oh-spazm | show 🗑
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show | neur= nerve, asthenia= weakening
nerve weakness
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somnambulism sawm-NAM-byoo-liz-um | show 🗑
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syncope SIN-koh-pee | show 🗑
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show | cephal= head, algia= pain
head pain
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cephalodynia SEH-fah-loh-DIH-nee-ah | show 🗑
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show | encephalo= brain, algia= pain
brain pain
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show | neur= nerve, algia= pain
nerve pain
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show | neuro= nerve, dynia=pain
nerve pain
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show | hemi= half, paresis= parital paralysis
partial paralysis of half the body
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show | hemi= half, plegia= paralysis
paralysis of half the body
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monoparesis MAW-noh-puh-REE-sis | show 🗑
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show | mono= one, plegia= paralysis
paralysis of one limb
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paralysis puh-RAH-lu-sis | show 🗑
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show | partial paralysis characterized by varying degrees of sensation and motor function
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show | caus= burn, algia= pain
painful sensation of burning
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show | dys= bad, esthesia= sensation
bad feeling
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hyperesthesia HAI-per-es-THEE-zhah | show 🗑
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show | par= beside, esthesia= sensation
abnormal sensation (usually numbness or tingling in the skin)
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show | pseud= false, esthesia= sensation
false sensation
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show | syn= together, esthesia= sensation
condition where one sensation is experienced as another
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show | acro= heights, phobia= excessive fear
fear of heights
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show | agora- marketplace, , phobia= excessive fear
fear of outdoor spaces
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show | hydro= water, phobia= excessive fear
fear of water
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show | klepto= theft, mania- excessive desire
desire to steal
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photophobia FOH-toh-FOH-bee-ah | show 🗑
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show | pyro= fire, mania= excessive desire
desire to set fire
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show | echo / encephalo= brain, graphy= writing procedure
procedure used to examine the brain using sound waves
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electroencephalography (EEG) eh-LEK-troh-in-SEH-fah-LAW-grah-fee | show 🗑
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lumbar puncture (LP) LUM-bar-PUNK-chir | show 🗑
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cerebral angiography seh-REE-bral AN-gee-AW-grah-fee | show 🗑
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show | angio= vessel, graphy= writing procedure
procedure used to examine blood vessels
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myelogram MAI-el-oh-gram | show 🗑
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show | e=out / mission= send, tomo= cut, graphy= writing procedure
an imaging procedure that uses radiation (positrons) to produce cross sections of the brain
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transcranial doppler sonography tranz-KRAY-nee-al DAW-plir saw-NAW-gra-fee | show 🗑
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cerebellitis ser-eh-bell-AI-tis | show 🗑
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cerebral atrophy seh-REE-bral A-troh-fee | show 🗑
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duritis dur-AI-tis | show 🗑
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encephalocele en-SEF-ah-loh-SEEL | show 🗑
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hematoma HEE-mah-TOH-mah | show 🗑
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cranial hematoma KRAY-nee-al HEE-mah-TOH-mah | show 🗑
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epidural hematoma EH-pi-DIR-al HEE-mah-TOH-mah | show 🗑
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intracerebral hematoma IN-trah-se-REE-bral HEE-mah-TOH-mah | show 🗑
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subdural hematoma sub-DIR-al HEE-mah-TOH-mah | show 🗑
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macrocephaly MA-kroh-SEH-fah-lee | show 🗑
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microcephaly MAI-kroh-SEH-fah-lee | show 🗑
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show | meningo= meninges, cele= hernia
a hernia of the meninges
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show | myelo= spinal cord, cele= hernia
a hernia of the spinal cord
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myelomalacia MAI-eh-loh-mah-LAY-shah | show 🗑
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show | myelo= spinal cord, meningo= meninges, cele= hernia
a hernia of the spinal cord and meninges
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neuritis nir-AI-tis | show 🗑
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neuroma nir-OH-mah | show 🗑
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show | neuro= nerve, scler= hardening, osis= condition
hardening of nerves
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polyneuritis PAW-lee-nir-AI-tis | show 🗑
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agnosia AG-noh-zhah | show 🗑
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show | a= no, path= suffering, y= condition
lack of emotion
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show | hyper= over, kinesia= movement
increase in muscle movement or activity
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show | neur= nerve, asthenia= weakness
nerve weakness
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show | neuro= nerve, glyco= sugar, penia= deficiency
a deficiency of sugar that interferes with normal brain activity
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show | involuntary back and forth eye movements
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show | prosop= face, a= no, gnos= knowledge, ia= condition
inability to recognize faces
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anesthesiologist A-neh-STHEE-zee-AW-loh-jist | show 🗑
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afferent nerve A-fir-ent nirv | show 🗑
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efferent nerve EH-fir-ent nirv | show 🗑
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neurogenic NIR-oh-JIN-ik | show 🗑
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When a person reports feeling a mising limb, it is: | show 🗑
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