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57 Cards in this Set
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afferent nerves
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conduct impulses toward the brain (af: towards; ferre: to carry)
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arachnoid membrane
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middle layer of the 3 membranes (meninges) that surround the brain & spinal cord (arachne: spider)
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cerebellum
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posterior part of the brain. Coordinates msl movt and maintains balance
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cerebrum
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largest part of the brain; resp for voluntary msl activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought & memory
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dura mater
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outermost layer of the meninges ("hard mother")
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efferent nerves
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carry impules from brain to the msls, glands & organs (ef: away)
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meninges
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three protective membranes that surround brain & spinal cord
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neuron
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nerve cell
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pia mater
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delicate inner membrane of meninges (pia: tender/soft) ("tender mother")
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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 (subdural hematoma)
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encephal/o
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brain (encephalitis, encephalopathy, anencephaly)
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gli/o
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glue, parts of the NS that support & connect (glioblastoma, glial cells)
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lept/o
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thin, slender (leptomeningitis)
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mening/o, meningio/o
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membranes, meninges (meningeal, meningioma, meningomyelocele)
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my/o
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muscle (myoneural)
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myel/o
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spinal cord (bone marrow in other contexts) (myelogram, poliomyelitis)
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neur/o
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nerve (neuropathy, polyneuritis)
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pont/o
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pons (cerebellopontine)
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radicul/o
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nerve root (of spinal nerves) (radiculopathy, radiculitis)
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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thec/o
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sheath (refers to the meninges (intrathecal injection)
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vag/o
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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
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anges/o, -algesia
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excessive sensitivity to pain (analgesia, hypalgesia)
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-algia
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pain (neuralgia, cephalgia)
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caus/o
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burning (causalgia)
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comat/o
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deep sleep (coma)
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esthesi/o, -esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
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kines/o, -kinesia
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movement (bradykinesia)
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-kinesis, -kinetic
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movement (hyperkinesis)
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-lepsy
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seizure (epilepsy)
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lex/o
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word, phrase
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-paresis
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"slight paralysis (weakness) (aka partial paralysis or weakness of msls)
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-phasia
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speech (aphasia: pt knows what he wants to say but can't or is slow to do it)
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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 (apraxia)
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-sthenia
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strength (neurasthenia)
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syncop/o
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to cut off, cut short (syncopal)
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tax/o
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order, coordination (ataxia)
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aneurysm
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abnormal widening (or ballooning) of a blood vessel. Can lead to hemorrhage and CVA (stroke)
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aura
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peculiar sensation appearing before more definite symptoms
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dementia
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mental decline and deterioration
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dopamine
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neurotransmitter that is deficient in Parkinson disease
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gait
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manner of walking
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occlusion
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blockage (vessel)
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palliative
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relieving symptoms but not curing
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TIA
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Transient Ischemic Attack ("mini stroke") (isch/o: hold back; -emic: pertaining to blood)
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thrombus
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blood clot
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embolus
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clot that breaks off and is traveling through the vessels until it occludes (blocks) the vessel
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CNS
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Central Nervous System
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CSF
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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CT
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computed tomography
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CVA
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cardiovascular accident
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EEG
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electroencephalogram
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LP
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lumbar puncture
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MS
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multiple sclerosis
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