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To carry
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efferent
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ef-
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Away from.
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efferent
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brachi/o
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arm
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astr/o
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star
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astrocyte
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CSF
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cerebrospinal fluid
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Watery fluid that flows throughout the brain and around the spinal cord.
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LP
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lumbar puncture
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A hollow needle is inserted in the lumbar region of the spinal column below the region where the nervous tissue of the spinal cord ends, and fluid is withdrawn.
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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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Outermost layer of the meninges surrounding the brain & spinal cord.
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encephal/o
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brain
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gli/o
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glue, parts of the nervous system that support and connect.
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neuroglial cells
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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leptomeninges - pia and arachnoid
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mening/o
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membranes, meninges
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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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polio-
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gray matter
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poliomyelitis - inflammatory process involving the gray matter of the spinal cord.
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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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Bridge; the part of th ebrain anterior to the cerebellum and between the medulla and the rest of the brain.
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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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Main relay center of the brain; it conducts impulses between the spinal cord and the cerebrum.
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thec/o
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sheath (refers to the meninges)
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intrathecal
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vag/o
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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
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This cranial nerve has branches to the head and neck as well as to the chest.
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alges/o
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excessive senstivity to pain
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-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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burn, burning
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comat/o
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deep sleep (coma)
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comatose
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esthesi/o
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feeling, nervous sensation
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anesthesia
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-esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
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anesthesia
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kines/o
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movement
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bradykinesia
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-kinesia
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movement
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bradykinesia
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kinesi/o
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movement
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hyperkinesis
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-kinesis
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movement
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hyperkinesis
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-lepsy
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seizure
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epilepsy
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narc/o
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numbness, stupor, sleep
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narcolepsy
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lex/o
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word, phrase
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dyslexia
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-paresis
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slight paralysis
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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, cut short
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tax/o
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order, coordination
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