Med Term: Chapter 14

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Nervous system consist of:

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Brain

Spinal cord

Nerves

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The nervous system is divided into:

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CNS (central nervous system)

and

PNS (peripheral nervous system)

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How does the nervous system coordinates all activities of the body?

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Receives information from sensory receptors

Uses information to adjust activity of muscles and glands

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Neurons:

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Cells that conduct electrical impulses.

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Synapse:

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Point at which two neurons meet (two axon and dendrites meet)

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Electrical impulses cannot pass directly across the gap between two neurons are called:

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Synaptic cleft

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical messengers required to help electrical impulses cross the gap between the neurons.

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Myelin

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Insulating substance around neurons.

Helps neurons conduct its electrical signal faster.

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Neurology

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Branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the nervous system including:

The brain

Spinal cord

Nerves

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Organs treated in neurology are:

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Brain

Cranial nerve

Spinal cord

Spinal nerve

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Neurologist

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Can also treat muscle conditions that are caused by nervous system problems.

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Neurosurgery

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A subspecialty of Neurology.

It includes:

Surgical procedures in treating nervous system conditions.

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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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Medull/o

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Medulla oblongata

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Mening/o

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Meninges

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Myel/o

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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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Thalam/o

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Thalamus

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Hydr/o

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Water

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Lumb/o

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Low back (lumbar)

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My/o

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Muscle

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Scler/o

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sclera (hardening)

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Spin/o

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Spine

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Tom/o

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To cut

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Vascul/o

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Blood vessel

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-cele

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Protrusion

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-esthesia

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Feeling, sensation

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-gram

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Record

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logist

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One who studies

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-logy

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Study of

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-ine

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Pertaining to

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-oma

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Tumor, mass

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-phasia

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Speech

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-pathy

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Disease

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-otomy

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Cutting into

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-sclerosis

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Hardening

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-trophic

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Development

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di-

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Two

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an-

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Without

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dys-

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Painful, difficult, abnormal

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hyper-

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Excessive

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hemi-

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Half

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a-

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Without

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mono-

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One

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para-

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Two like parts of a pair, beside

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sub-

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Beneath, under

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quadri-

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Four

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poly-

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Many