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15 Cards in this Set
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
(part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains balance) |
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
(largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought and memory, etc.) |
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dur/o
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dura mater
(thick, outermost layer of the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord) |
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encephal/o
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brain
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gli/o
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glial cells
(nervous system cell that is supportive and connective in function: astrocyte, microglial cell, ependymal cell) |
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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mening/o, meningi/o
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membranes, meninges
(three membranes surrounding and protecting the brain and spinal cord) |
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord; bone marrow
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neur/o
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nerve
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pont/o
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pons
(part of the brainstem anterior to the cerebellum, between the medulla and the rest of the brain connects the upper and lower portions of the brain) |
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radicul/o
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nerve root (of spinal nerves)
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thalam/o
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thalamus
(main relay center of the brain; located in the central region or diencephalon of the brain) |
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thec/o
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sheath (refers to the meninges)
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vag/o
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vagus nerve
(10th cranial nerve with branches to the chest and abdominal organs) |
