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39 Cards in this Set
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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dur/o
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dura mater
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encephal/o
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brain
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gli/o
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glial cells
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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
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)
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neur/o
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nerve
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pont/o
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pons
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radicul/o
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nerve root (of spinal cord)
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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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 (cranial nerve X)
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alges/o, -algesia
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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caus/o
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burning
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comat/o
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deep sleep (coma)
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ethesi/o, -ethesia
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feeling nervous sensation
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kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
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movement
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-lepsy
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seizure
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lex/o
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word, phrase
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-paresis
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weakness
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-phasia
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speech
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-plegia
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paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
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-praxia
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action
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-sthenia
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strength
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syncop/o
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to cut off or to cut short
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tax/o
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order, coordination
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ALS
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Lou Gehrig's disease
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AVM
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arteriovenous malformation; congenital tangle of arteries and veins in the cerebrum
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CNS
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central nervous system
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CSF
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cerebral spinal fluid
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CVA
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cerebrovascular accident
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MS
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multiple sclerosis (CNS or Brain)
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PNS
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peripheral nervous system
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TENS
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transcutaneous electrical nerve
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TIA
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transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke)
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