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Nervous System
Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 2
10/28/2010
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de-
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not
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di-
 Definition
double
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dys-
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bad, painful
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hemi-
 Definition
one half
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hydro-
 Definition
water
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pan-
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all,entire
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para-
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near, departure from normal
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tetra-
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four
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alges/o
 Definition
pain
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angi/o
 Definition
blood vessel
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arachn/o
 Definition
spider
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embol/o
 Definition
plug
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gangli/o
 Definition
knot
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gli/o
 Definition
glue
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gnos/o
 Definition
knowledge
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lumb/o
 Definition
lower back
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narc/o
 Definition
numbness
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phasi/o
 Definition
speech
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plegi/o
 Definition
paralysis
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poli/o
 Definition
gray
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quadr/o
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4
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radic/o
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nerve root
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thalam/o
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inner chamber
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thromb/o
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clot
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
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-ele
 Definition
hernia
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-esthesia
 Definition
sensation
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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schwann cells
 Definition
make up the myelin sheath
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pons
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provides connection between medulla and cerebelum
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hyperesthesia
 Definition
increased sensitivity to stimulation
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neurasthenia
 Definition
vague condition of body fatigue
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paresthesia
 Definition
abnormal sensation of numbness
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agnosia
 Definition
loss of ability to interpret sensory information
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 Definition
atrohpy of muscle caused by hardening of nervous tissue on lateral columns of spinal cord
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aneurysm
 Definition
blood vessels supplying the brain get dilated
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embolism
 Definition
mobile blood clot
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thrombosis
 Definition
blood clot
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meningomyelocele
 Definition
protusion of the meninges and spinal cord
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monoparesis
 Definition
partial paralysis of one limb
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palsy
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paralysis of localized areas
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syncope
 Definition
fainting caused by sudden loss of blood flow to the brain
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transient ischemic attack
 Definition
loss of blood flow to the brain
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analgesic
 Definition
agent that relieves pain
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anesthesia
 Definition
without feeling or sensation
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cerebral angiography
 Definition
xray pics of BV in brain
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