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50 Cards in this Set
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vag/o
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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
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esthesi/o, -esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
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comat/o
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deep sleep (coma)
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caus/o
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burning
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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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CNS
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central nervous system (brain & spinal cord)
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-praxia
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action
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kines/o, -kinesia
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movement
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-phasia
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speech
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kinesi/o, -kinesis
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movement
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lex/o
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word, phrase
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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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-paresis
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slight paralysis
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-sthenia
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strength
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AVM
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arteriovenous malformation (congenital tangle of arteries and veins in the cerebrum)
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ALS
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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syncop/o
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to cut off, cut short
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tax/o
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order, coordination
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AFP
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alpha-fetoprotein (associated with congenital malformations of the nervous system)
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AD
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Alzheimer disease
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brachi/o
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arm
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MRI
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magnetic resonance imaging
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dur/o
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dura mater
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thec/o
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sheath (refers to the meninges)
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CSF
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cerebrospinal fluid
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LP
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lumbar puncture
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CT
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computed tomography
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ICP
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intracranial pressure
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CVA
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cerebrovascular accident
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EEG
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electroencephalogram
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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MS
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multiple sclerosis
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PET
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positron emission tomography
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TENS
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transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (used to relieve acute & chronic pain)
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TIA
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transient iscemic attack (temporary interference with blood supply to the brain)
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RIND
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reversible, ischemic neurological deficit
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TPA
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tissue plasminogen activator (a clot dissolving drug)
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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encephal/o
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brain
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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gli/o
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glue, parts of the nervous system that support & connect
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myel/o
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spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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my/o
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muscle
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mening/o, meningi/o
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membranes, meninges
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radicul/o
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nerve root (of spinal nerves)
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pont/o
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pons
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neur/o
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nerve
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