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51 Cards in this Set
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Acrophobia
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An abnormal fear of high places
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Amnesia
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A condition in which there is a loss or lack of memory
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Analgesia
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A lack of the sense of pain
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Aphagia
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A loss or lack of the ability to eat or swallow
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Ataxia
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A loss or lack of muscular coordination
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Cephalalgia
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Head pain; headache
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Craniotomy
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Surgical incision of the skull
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Dyslexia
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A condition in which an individual has difficulty in comprehending written language
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Hemiplegia
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Paralysis that affects one half of the body
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Hypnosis
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An artificially induced condition of sleep
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Myelography
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An x-ray recording of the spinal cord after injection of a radiopaque medium into the spinal canal
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Neurilemma
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A thin membranous sheath that envelopes a nerve fiber; also called sheath of the Schwann or neurolemma
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Neurolysis
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Destruction of nerve tissue
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Neurotripsy
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Surgical crushing of a nerve
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Papilledema
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Swelling of the optical disc
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Pheochromocytoma
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A chromaffin cell tumor of the Adrenal medulla
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Psychosomatic
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interrelationship of the mind and the body
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Sensory Neurons
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They are attached to sensory receptors and transmit impulses to the central nervious system
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Interneurons
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They funtion to mediate impulses between sensory and motor neurons
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The Brain
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Consists of: dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater
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Frontal lobe
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is the brain's major motor area
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temporal lobe
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contains centers for auditory and language input
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Hypothalamus
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Neurosecretions, regulation of the body temperature, produces hormones
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Medulla oblongata
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Regulates and controls breathing, swallowing, coughing, sneezing and vomiting
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Asthenia
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Loss or lack of strength
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Atelencephalia
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A congenital condition of imperfect development of the brain
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Atelomyelia
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A condition of imperfect development of the spinal cord
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Bradykinesia
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An abnormal slowness of motion
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Cerebromalacia
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A softening of the cerebrum
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Craniotomy
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Surgical incision of the skull
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Diskectomy
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Surgical excision of and intervertebral disc
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Egocentric
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Pertaining to being self-centered
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Glioma
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A tumor composed of neurologlial tissue
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Hemiplegia
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Paralysis that affects one half of the body
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Hydrocephalus
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Amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain
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Laminectomy
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Surgical excision of a vertebral posterior arch
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Radicotomy
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A division or section of spinal nerve roots
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Alzheimer's disease
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A severe form of senile dementia. That may be due to some defect in the neurotransmitter system
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
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Also called Lou Gehrig's disease
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Bulimia
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Binge eatingnge
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coma
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Unconscious state
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Endorphins
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Chemical substances produced in the brain that act as natural analgesics
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Sciatica
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Severe pain along the course of the sciatic nerve
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Syncope
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Fainting
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Computed tomography
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A diagnostic procedure used to study the structure of the brain
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Echoencephalography
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The process of using ultrasound to determine the presence of a centrally located mass in the brain
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Lumbar puncture
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Insertion of a needle into the lumbar subarachnoid space for removal of spinal fluid
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Myelogram
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The x-ray of the spinal canal. After the injection of a radiopaque dye
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Positron emission tomography (PET)
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A computer-based nuclear imaging procedure that can produce three-dimensional pictures of actual organ functioning
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Ultrasonography, Brain
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The use of a high-frequency sound waves to record echoes on an oscilloscope and film
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Central Nervous system consists of
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The brain and spinal cord
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