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48 Cards in this Set
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responsible for balance |
cerebellum
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hypothalamus
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controls body temperature, sleep appetite, sexual desire, and emotions
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medulla oblongata
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connects spinal cord to brain nerve tracts from side to side |
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causalgia
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burning
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synapse
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space between nerve cells
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radiculopathy
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spinal nerve root disease |
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radiculitits
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inflammation of spinal nerve
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hyperkinesis
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excessive movement
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hemiparesis
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half/ slight paralysis
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aphasia
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absence of speech
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aphagia
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cant swallow |
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glioblastoma
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malignant brain tumor tissue/immature cells/tumor
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subdural hematoma
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collection of blood outside the brain caused by a head injury
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cerebral vascular accident (stroke)
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thrombosis, aneurism
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cynapie
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fanting
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meningomyelocelemeninges
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meninges/spinal cord/hernia
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shuffle gate
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parkinsons
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narcolepsy
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fall asleep suddenly
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chronic brain disorder by recurrent seizure
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epilepsy
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destruction of myelin sheath on neurons in the cns
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multiple sclerosis
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unilateral facial paralysis
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bell palsy
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involuntary, spasmodic twitching movements often of the eyes and head
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tourette
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wasting away of muscles of hands, forarms, legs
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als( lou Gehrig disease
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degenerative disease that affects the cerebrum of adults
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Huntington disease
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nervous exhaustion
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neurasthenia
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strength
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sthenia
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thin/slender
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lecto
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disease of heart muscle
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cardiomyopathy
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between right atrium and right ventricle`
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tricuspid valve
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between right ventricle and pulmonary artery
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pulmonary valve
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between left atrium and the left ventricle
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mitral valve
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between left atrium and aorta
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aortic valve
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contraction |
systolic
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relax
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diastolic
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pallor and numbness in the fingers and toes due to temporary constriction in the arterioles in the skin
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Raynaud disease
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ballooning or widen of an artery
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aneurysm
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instrument to measure blood pressure |
sphygmomanometer
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heart attack
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myocardia infarction
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blue/abnormal condition |
cyanosis
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heart doesn't work right, doesn't pump right
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CHF
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blood clot in large vein in lower limb
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deep vein thrombosis
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sac around membrane of heart |
pericardium
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anginia
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chest pain relived with meterglycemin medicine
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pinpoint hemorrhage of the skin
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petechiae
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compact version of an ecg, worn for 24 hours to detect cardiac arrhythmias
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holter monitor
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records the electricity flowing through the heart and thus the rhythm of the heart
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ecg
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poor ox carried to blood
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pulmonary artery
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rich ox carried to blood
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coronary artery
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