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73 Cards in this Set
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Causalgia
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intense burning pain following an injury to a sensory nerve.
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Cephalgia
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Headache.ache in the head. It is pain in the head (Migraine)
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Radiculopathy
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, a condition in which a nerve or nerves along the spine are compressed causing pain, numbness, weakenss
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Hydrocephalus
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abnormalaccumulation of fluid (CSF) in the brain
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Encephalopathy
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Disease, damage, or malfunction of the brain
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Cerebrum
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the largest part of the brain responsibel for voluntary muscal activity,vison,speech,taste ,hearing,thought,memory,and many other functions
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Cerebellum
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THe posterior part of the brain,it is responsible for coordinating voluntary muscle movements and maintain balance
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Hypothalamus
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Portion of the brain beneath the thalamus;controls sleep,appetite,body temp. and the secretions from the pituarity gland
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Neuroses
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a term formely used to describe mental disorders in which symptoms are distressing but reality testing intact
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Euphoria
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exaggerated feeling of well-being('High')
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Autism
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severe lack of responsiveness to others,preoccupation with inner thoughts;withdrawal and retarted language development
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Cranial
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pertaning too the skull
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Catatonic
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a type of schizophrenia in which the patient has a decrease in activity and reactivity to the enviornment
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schizophrenic
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withdrawal from reality into an inner world of disorganized thinking and conflict
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Medulla Oblongata
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the part of the brain just above the spinal cord controls breathing,heartbeat,and the size of blood vessels;nerve fibers cross over here.
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Synapse
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The space through which a nervous impulse is transmitted from one neroun too another or from a neroun too another cell,such as a muscel or gland cell
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Spina Bifida
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Congential defect in the spinal column due to imperfect union of vertebral pats
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Axon
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Microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell
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Apraxia
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Movements and behaviopr are not purposeful
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Anesthesia
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Lack of nervous sensation
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Afferent
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Nerves that carry impulse toward the brain and spinal cord,sensory nerves
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Incision
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cut into
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Paranoia
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Delusion of persecution or grandeur or combinations of the two.
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Anorexia Nervosa
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An eating disorder of excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight
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Anxiety
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characterized by unpleasant tension,distress,and avoidance behavior,exampels are phobias,obsessive-compulsive disorde,and post-traumatic stress disorder
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Psychiatrist
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a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
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Plexus
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A large interlacing network of nerves.Ex. cervical,lumbar.
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Aneurysm
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Abnormal widening of a blood vessel:can lead to hemorrhage and CVA (stroke)
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Epilepsy
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a brain disorder in which a person has repeated seizures over time
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Iatrogenic
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Of or relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment.
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Bulimia Nervosa
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An eating disorder of binge eating followed by vomitting purging and depression.
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Paraplegia
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Paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body due to injury or disease of the spinal cord at the lumbar level
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quadriplegia
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All 4 extremities are effected.injury is at cervical level of the spinal cord
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Hemiplegia
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Affects right or left half of the body and results from a stroke or other brain injury.
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Thalamus
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is a midline symmetrical structure within the brains of vertebrates including humans, situated between the cerebral cortex and midbrain.
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Gyri (Gyrus)
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Elvation in the surface of the cerebral cortex;sulcus
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Mania
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State of excessive excitability;hyperactivity and agitation
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Acetylcholine
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Neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of some nerve cells
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Paresthesia
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` an abnormal sensation, as burning, prickling, formication,for no reason
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Dendrite
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microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell that is the first part to receive the nervous impulse
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Sulci ( Sulcus)
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Depression in the surface of the cerebral cortex;fissure
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Efferent
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nerves that carry impulses away from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles,glands and organs motor nerves
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Cerebell/o
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Cerebellum
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Cerebr/o
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CEREBRUM
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Encephal/o
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brain
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Mening/o
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Meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord and brain)
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Radicul/o
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Nerve root
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Thalam/o
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thalamus
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iatr/o
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phsician treatment
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Phren/o
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Diaphragm;mind
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Psych/o
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mind
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Schiz/o
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split
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Myel/o
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spinal cord
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Hydr/o
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water
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Cata-
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down
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-algesia
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sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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-esthesia
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nervous sensation
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-paresis
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slight paralysis
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-plegia
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paralysis;palsy
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-praxia
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action
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-genic
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produced by or in
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-mania
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obsessive preoccupation
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-phoria
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to bear;carry;feeling (mental state
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An-
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pertaining to
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Hypo-
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below
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ADHD
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
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ADD
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Attention Deficit Disorder
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IQ
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intelligence quotient
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EEG
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Electroencephalogram
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CNS
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Central Nervous System
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ANC
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Absolute neutrophil count
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