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59 Cards in this Set

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aden/o
gland
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
adren/o
adrenal glands
calc/o
calcium
gluc/o
sugar/ sweetness
glyc/o
sugar/ sweetness
-dipsia
thirst
-trophy
development, nourishment
cerebr/o
cerebrum
encephal/o
brain
encephal/o
brain
gli/o
glue; neuroglial tissue
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
-paresis
partial paralysis
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
acr/o
extremities
spin/o
spine
-ism
condition of
-penia
decrease
-phaGia
swallow
-phaSia
speech
-para
near, beside, around
ex-, exo-
outside, outward
-drome
run, running
-ictal
seizure, attack
radic/o
nerve root
radicul/o
nerve root
rhiz/o
nerve root
cortic/o
cortex
kal/i
potassium
natr/o
sodium
Addison’s disease
Hypoadrenalism; results form a deficiency in the secretion of adrenocortical
hormones.
Cushing’s syndrome
Hyperadrenalism; excessive production of glucocorticoids caused by
hypersecretion of the adrenal cortex.
Graves’ disease
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.
Myxedema
Advanced Hypothyroidism; hypofunction of the thyroid gland. Characterized by edema,
increasing blood volume leading to high blood pressure.
Alzheimer’s disease
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.
Bell’s palsy
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.
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
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.
Transient Ischemic Attack
mini-stroke
Multiple Sclerosis
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.
MS symptoms
Triad of symptoms: scanning speech,
intension tremors, and nystagmus.
Sciatica
severe leg pain along the course of the sciatic nerve (which travels form the hip to the foot)
Shingles
eruption of acute, inflammatory, herpetic vesicles on the trunk of the body along a peripheral
nerve caused by herpes zoster virus.
Spina Bifida
congenital defect characterized by incomplete closure of the spinal canal through which
the spinal cord and meninges may or may not protrude.
Spina bifida occulta
most common, least severe; no protrusion of the spinal cord or meninges.
Spina bifida cystica (3 items)
1) protrusion of the meninges (meningocele)
2) protrusion of the spinal cord (myelocele) ␣
3) protrusion of both the meninges and spinal cord (meningomyelocele)
DM
diabetes mellitus
IDDM
insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
niddm
non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
exopthalmos
abn protrusion of the eyes; may be due to thyrotoxicosis, tumor of the orbit, orbital cellulitis, leukemia, or aneurysm
insulinoma
tumor of the islets of Langerhans; pancreatic tumor
myxedema
advanced hypothyroidism in adults resulting from hypofunction of the thyroid gland; increase blood volume and BP
panhypopituitarism
total pituitary impairment that brings about a progressive and general loss of hormonal activity
pheochromocytoma
small chromaffin cell tumor, usually located in the adrenal medulla
pituitarism
any disorder of the pituitary and its function
Huntington Chorea
hereditary NS disorder caused by the progressive loss of brain cells, leading to bizarre, involuntary, dancelike movements
neuroblastoma
malignant tumor composed prinicpally of cells resembling neuroblasts; occurs chiefly in infants and children
poliomyelitis
inflammation of the grey matter of the spinal cord caused by a virus, often resulting in spinal and muscle deformity and paralysis