CHAPTER 6 Medical Terminology - McGraw Hill 2023
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| show | brain
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| show | ganglion
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| gli/o | show 🗑
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| show | nerve
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| thalam/o | show 🗑
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| show | vagus nerve
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| show | Basic cell of the nervous system having three parts: cell body, dendrite, and axon; neuron.
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| Neuron | show 🗑
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| show | Part of a nerve cell that has branches or fibers that reach out to send or receive impulses.
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| show | A thin branching extension of a nerve cell that conducts nerve impulses toward the cell body.
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| Axon | show 🗑
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| show | Fatty tissue that covers axons.
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| show | Group of fibers at the end of an axon that passes the impulses leaving the neuron to the next neuron.
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| Neurotransmitter | show 🗑
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| Excitability | show 🗑
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| Stimulus | show 🗑
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| show | Ability to transmit a signal.
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| Efferent neurons | show 🗑
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| Afferent neurons | show 🗑
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| show | Neuron that carries and processes sensory information.
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| Nerves | show 🗑
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| Acetylcholine | show 🗑
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| Nerve impulse | show 🗑
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| show | Tissue or organ that receives nerve impulses; part of a target cell that properties compatible with a particular substance (hormone).
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| Encephalitis | show 🗑
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| show | Surgical severing of the vagus nerve.
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| Cerebellitis | show 🗑
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| Gangli-form | show 🗑
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| Ventriculitis | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of a nerve.
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| show | Relating to the face and the cranium.
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| Myelo-malacia | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormal growth of neuroglia in the brain or spinal column.
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| Thalamo-tomy | show 🗑
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| Ceph-algia | show 🗑
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| show | A protrusion of the spinal meninges above the surface of the skin.
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| show | Record of the electrical impulses of the brain.
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| Nerve conduction velocity | show 🗑
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| Polysomnography (PSG) | show 🗑
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| SPECT (Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography) brain scan | show 🗑
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| show | Type of nuclear image that reveals how tissues and organs are functioning. It can also detect diseases and abnormal metabolic activity.
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| show | Radiographic imagining that produces cross-sectional images.
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| show | X-ray of the spinal cord after a contrast medium has been injected.
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| Cerebral angiogram | show 🗑
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| Encephalogram | show 🗑
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| show | Brain images produced by the use of sound waves.
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| Concussion | show 🗑
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| Coma | show 🗑
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| show | Bruising of the surface of the brain without penetration into the brain.
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| show | An overproduction of fluid in the brain, which usually occurs at birth. It can occur in adults with infections or tumors.
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| Lobectomy | show 🗑
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| show | Incision into the frontal lobe of the brain.
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| show | Removal of a part of the skull.
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| show | Incision into the skull.
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| show | Destruction of deep-seated brain structures using three-dimensional coordinates to locate the structures.
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| Neuroplasty | show 🗑
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| Neurectomy | show 🗑
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| Neurotomy | show 🗑
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| Neurorrhaphy | show 🗑
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| Vagotomy | show 🗑
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| show | Agent that relives or eliminates pain.
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| Anticonvulsants | show 🗑
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| Narcotic | show 🗑
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| Sedative | show 🗑
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| Hypnotic | show 🗑
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| Anesthetic | show 🗑
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| Alzheimer's disease | show 🗑
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| show | Loss of memory.
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| Aneurysm | show 🗑
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| Aphasia | show 🗑
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| Dysphagia | show 🗑
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| show | Inability to properly use familiar objects.
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| show | Inability to receive and understand outside stimuli.
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| show | Degenerative disease of the motor neurons leading to loss of muscular control and death.
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| Lou Gehrig disease | show 🗑
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| Huntington chorea | show 🗑
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| show | Degenerative disease with loss of myelin, resulting in muscle weakness, extreme fatigue, and some paralysis.
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| show | Destruction of myeline sheath, particularly in multiple sclerosis.
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| Gait | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormal sensation, such as tingling.
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| Myasthenia gravis | show 🗑
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| Parkinson's disease | show 🗑
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| show | Substance in the brain or manufactured substance that helps relieve symptoms of Parkinson disease.
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