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18 Cards in this Set
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Cephal/o
cerebell/o cerebr/o |
head
cerbellum cerebrum |
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encephal/o
gli/o medull/o |
brain
glue medulla |
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mening/o
myel/o |
meninges
spinal cord |
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narc/o
neur/o |
stupor
nerve |
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phas/o
poli/o pont/o |
speech
gray matter ponds |
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radicul/o
algesia |
nerve root
pain, sensitivity |
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esthesia
kinesia |
feeling
movement |
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lepsy
paresis |
seizure
weakness |
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plegia
sthenia |
paralysis
strength |
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taxia
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muscle coordination
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The nervous system is subdivided into what categories? what do they do?
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central nervous system, peripheral nervous sys(PNS).
CNS-brain and spinal cord, PNS-cranial nerves and spinal nerves. |
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Sensory nerves carry information to the ____ and the ___carry commands away from the CNS.
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CNS, Motor nerves
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Nervous tissue consist of two types of cells?
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neurons and neuroglial cells
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___are individual nerve cells, and they conduct _____impulses in response to stimulus.
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Neurons and electrical.
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Neurons have 3 basic parts?
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dendrites, nerve cell body and axon.
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___are branches that recieve impulses, and the nerve cell body contains the __?
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dendrites and nucleus
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___is a projection from the nerve cell body that conducts electrical impulses ____to its destination?
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Axon, and towards
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what is synapse?
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when an axon of one neuron meets the dendrite of the next neuron.
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