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36 Cards in this Set
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vag/o
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vagus nerve
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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CVA
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cerebrovascular accident
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MS
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multiple sclerosis
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TIA
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transient ischemic attack
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ALS
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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PET
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positron emission tomography
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medulla oblongata
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medulla oblongota
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afferent
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afferent
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pia mater
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pia mater
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radiculitis
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rediculitis
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aura
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aura
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meningocele
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meningocele
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dur/o
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dura mater (thick, outermost layer of meninges surrounding brain)
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gli/o
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glial cells (supportive and connective, do not carry impulses)
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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myel/o
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spinal cord
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pont/o
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pons
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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thec/o
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sheath
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vag/o
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vagus nerve (10th crainial nerve) (widening)
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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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buring
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comat/o
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deep sleep
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esthesi/o, -esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
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Kines/o, kinesi/o
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movement
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-lepsy
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seaizure
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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
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-plegia
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paralysis
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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 of, cut short
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tax/o
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order, coordination
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