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Record of the electrical activity of the brain
-electricity
-brain
-recording |
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| Electr/o/encephal/o/graph |
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Device used to record the electrical activity of the brain
-electricity
-brain
-to write, record |
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| Electr/o/encephal/o/graphy |
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The process of recording the electrical activity of the brain
-electricity
-brain
-process of recording |
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| Electr/o/neur/o/diagnost/ic |
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Pertaining to the use of electricity in the diagnosis of the neurologic disorder
-electricity
-nerve
-decision
-pertaining to |
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Greek: seizure
Chronic Brain disorder due to paroxysmal excessive neuronal discharges |
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Pertaining to or suffering from epilepsy
- Epilepsy
- Pertaining to |
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Latin: to move
Structures of the nervous system that send impulses out to cause muscles to contract or glands to secrete |
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Latin: " "
A cord of nerve fibers bound together by connective tissue |
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The whole integrated nerve apparatus
-nerve
-Greek: an organized whole |
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Medical specialty of disorders of the nervous system
-nerve
-study of |
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Medical specialist in disorders of the nervous system
-nerve
-one who studies, specialist |
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Pertaining to the nervous system
-Nerve
-to study
-Pertaining to |
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One who operates on the nervous system
-nerve
-operate
-one who does |
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Operating on the nervous system
-Nerve
-operate
-process of |
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Pertaining to sensation; structures of the nervous system that carry impulses to the brain
-feel
-having the function of |
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Latin: to bring to
Moving toward a center; for example, nerve fibers conducting impulses to the spinal cord and brain |
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Self-governing visceral motor division of the peripheral nervous system.
-self
-law
-pertaining to |
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Greek: axis
Single process of a nerve cell carrying nervous impulses away from the cell body |
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Greek: looking like a tree
Branched extension of the nerve cell body that receives nervous stimuli |
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Precursor of noepinephrine
Neurotransmitter in some specific small areas of the brain |
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Efferent
(also called motor; opposite of afferent) |
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Latin: to bring away from
Moving away from a center; for example, conducting nerve impulses away from the brain or spinal cord |
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Greek: glue
Connective tissue that holds a structure together |
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| Pertaining to glia or neuroglia |
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Connective tissue holding nervous tissue together
-Nerve
-Glue |
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Material of the sheath around the axon of a nerve
-Spinal Cord
-substance, chemical compound |
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Greek: nerve
Technical term for a nerve cell; consists of cell body with its dendrites and axons |
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Chemical agent that relays messages from one nerve cell to the next
-Nerve
-Across (prefix)
-Send
-Agent |
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Para/sym/pathet/ic
(This word contains two prefixes) |
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Division of the autonomic nervous system; has opposite effects to the sympathetic division
-Beside
-Together
-Suffering
-Pertaining to |
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A division of the peripheral nervous system serving the skeletal muscles
-Body
-Pertaining to |
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Division of the autonomic nervous system operating at an unconscious level
-together
-suffering
-pertaining to |
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Junction between two nerve cells, or a nerve fiber and its target cell, where electrical impulses are transmitted between the cells
-Together
-Clasp |
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Pertaining to the internal organs
-internal organs
-pertaining to |
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Latin: an internal Organ
Any single internal organ |
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