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60 Cards in this Set
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-oma
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tumor
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cerebr/o; encephal/o
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brain
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dur/o
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dura mater
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-phasia
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speech
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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myelin/o
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myelin sheath
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gli/o
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glue
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-taxia
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order
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myel/o
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spinal cord; bone marrow
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hydr/o
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water
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-esthesia
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sensation
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de
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lack of;removal
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thalm/o
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thalamus
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ventricul/o
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ventricule
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-graphy
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to record
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neur/o
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nerves
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radicul/o
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nerve roots
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para
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abnormal
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-cele
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hernia (protusion)
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polio
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gray
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magnet/o
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magnet
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spin/o
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spine
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mening/o
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meninges; membrane
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pachy-
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thick
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-kinsia; kinesis
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movement
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cortic/o
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cortex
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tom/o
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to cut
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ech/o
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sound
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schisis
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spitting
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blast
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immature
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quadri
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four
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hemi-
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half
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a-
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without
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hypo
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below
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malacia
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softening
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itis
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inflammation
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logist
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specialist
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-gram
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written record
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-ion
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process
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nerve cell
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neuron
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myelination
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fatty coating on a nerve cell.
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cerebrium
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largest part of the brain
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electroencephalogram
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record of electrical activity of the brain.
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encephalotomy
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surgical incision of the brain.
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encephalisits
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inflammation of the brain
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poliomyelitis
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inflammation of gray mater of the spinal cord.
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neurologist
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a specialist in the study of dx & tx of the nervous system disorders.
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meningocele
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displacement of the meninges from its normal position; Hernia of the meninges.
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hypoesthesia
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decreased sensation.
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MRI
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x-ray beam rotates around the pt. detailing the structure at various depths.
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encephalomalacia
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softening of the brain.
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aphasia
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no speech
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demyelination
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lack of myelin sheath.
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axon
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part of the nerve that TRANSMITS electrical impulses.
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dendrites
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branched projections of the nerve cell that RECEIVE impulses & stimuli.
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electroencephalography
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process of recording the electrical impulses of the brain.
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neuroblastoma
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tumor arising from immature nerve cells.
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hemiplegia
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paralysis of either Right or Left half of the body
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Quadriplegia
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Paralysis of all four limbs.
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