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30 Cards in this Set
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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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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 (or bone marrow)
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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 nerves)
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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thec/o
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sheath (refers to meninges)
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vag/o
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vagus nerve
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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
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esthisi/o, -esthesia
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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
ex. aphasia (speech dificulty) |
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-plegia
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paralysis (loss of ability to move body parts)
ex. paraplegia |
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-praxia
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action
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-sthenia
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strength
ex. neurasthenia (nervous exhaustion) |
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syncop/o
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to cut off, cut short
ex. syncopal (fainting--blood cut off to brain) |
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tax/o
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order, coordination
ex. ataxia (decreased coordination) |