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59 Cards in this Set
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aden/o
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gland
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adrenal/o
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adrenal glands
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adren/o
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adrenal glands
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calc/o
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calcium
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gluc/o
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sugar/ sweetness
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glyc/o
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sugar/ sweetness
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-dipsia
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thirst
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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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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encephal/o
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brain
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gli/o
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glue; neuroglial tissue
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myel/o
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bone marrow; spinal cord
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-paresis
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partial paralysis
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-phasia
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speech
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-plegia
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paralysis
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acr/o
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extremities
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spin/o
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spine
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-ism
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condition of
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-penia
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decrease
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-phaGia
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swallow
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-phaSia
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speech
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-para
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near, beside, around
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ex-, exo-
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outside, outward
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-drome
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run, running
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-ictal
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seizure, attack
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radic/o
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nerve root
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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rhiz/o
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nerve root
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cortic/o
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cortex
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kal/i
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potassium
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natr/o
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sodium
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Addison’s disease
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Hypoadrenalism; results form a deficiency in the secretion of adrenocortical
hormones. |
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Cushing’s syndrome
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Hyperadrenalism; excessive production of glucocorticoids caused by
hypersecretion of the adrenal cortex. |
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Graves’ disease
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Hyperthyroidism, Toxic Goiter; involves growth of the thyroid associated with
hyper secretion of thyoxine; characterized by exopthalmos (bulging of the eyes), which develops because of edema in the tissue of the eye sockets and swelling of the extrinsic eye muscles. |
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Myxedema
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Advanced Hypothyroidism; hypofunction of the thyroid gland. Characterized by edema,
increasing blood volume leading to high blood pressure. |
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Alzheimer’s disease
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Chronic, organic mental disorder. A form of pre-senile dementia caused by
atrophy of frontal & occipital lobes. Onset b/n 40-60 years of age. Involves progressive, irreversible memory loss, intellectual function deterioration, apathy, speech and gait disturbances, & disorientation. |
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Bell’s palsy
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facial paralysis caused by a functional disorder of CN 7 (facial nerve) and any or all or its
branches. It may be unilateral, bilateral, transient, or permanent. |
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Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
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Apoplexy, stroke; brain tissue damage caused by a disorder
within the blood vessels; usually due to the formation of a clot or a ruptured blood vessel; resulting functional deficit depends on the area of the brain affected. |
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Transient Ischemic Attack
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mini-stroke
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Multiple Sclerosis
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MS; a progressive degenerative disease of the CNS characterized by
inflammation, hardening, and loss of myelin throughout the spinal cord and brain producing weakness and other muscular symptoms. |
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MS symptoms
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Triad of symptoms: scanning speech,
intension tremors, and nystagmus. |
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Sciatica
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severe leg pain along the course of the sciatic nerve (which travels form the hip to the foot)
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Shingles
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eruption of acute, inflammatory, herpetic vesicles on the trunk of the body along a peripheral
nerve caused by herpes zoster virus. |
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Spina Bifida
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congenital defect characterized by incomplete closure of the spinal canal through which
the spinal cord and meninges may or may not protrude. |
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Spina bifida occulta
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most common, least severe; no protrusion of the spinal cord or meninges.
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Spina bifida cystica (3 items)
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1) protrusion of the meninges (meningocele)
2) protrusion of the spinal cord (myelocele) ␣ 3) protrusion of both the meninges and spinal cord (meningomyelocele) |
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DM
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diabetes mellitus
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IDDM
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insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
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niddm
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non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
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exopthalmos
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abn protrusion of the eyes; may be due to thyrotoxicosis, tumor of the orbit, orbital cellulitis, leukemia, or aneurysm
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insulinoma
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tumor of the islets of Langerhans; pancreatic tumor
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myxedema
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advanced hypothyroidism in adults resulting from hypofunction of the thyroid gland; increase blood volume and BP
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panhypopituitarism
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total pituitary impairment that brings about a progressive and general loss of hormonal activity
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pheochromocytoma
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small chromaffin cell tumor, usually located in the adrenal medulla
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pituitarism
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any disorder of the pituitary and its function
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Huntington Chorea
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hereditary NS disorder caused by the progressive loss of brain cells, leading to bizarre, involuntary, dancelike movements
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neuroblastoma
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malignant tumor composed prinicpally of cells resembling neuroblasts; occurs chiefly in infants and children
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poliomyelitis
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inflammation of the grey matter of the spinal cord caused by a virus, often resulting in spinal and muscle deformity and paralysis
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