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73 Cards in this Set
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alges/o
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sensitivity to pain
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angi/o
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blood vessel
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caus/o
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burn
burning |
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Cephal/o
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head
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comat/o
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deep sleep
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crani/o
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skull
cranium |
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cry/o
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cold
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dur/o
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dura mater
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encephal/o
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brain
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esthesi/o
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nervous sensation
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gli/o
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glial cells
neuroglia cells |
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kines/o
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movement
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Kinesi/o
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mevement
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lept/o
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thin
slender |
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lex/o
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word
phrase |
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mening/o
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meninges
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meningi/o
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meninges
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myel/o
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spinal cord
bone marrow |
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narc/o
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numbness
stupor sleep |
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olig/o
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scanty
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pont/o
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pons
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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spin/o
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spine
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syncop/o
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to cut off
cut short faint |
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tax/o
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order
coordination |
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thec/o
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sheath
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troph/o
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nourisment
development |
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vag/o
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vagus nerve
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polio-
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gray matter
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quadri-
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four
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-algesia
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sensitivity to pain
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-blast
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immature cell
embryonic |
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-cele
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hernia
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esthesia
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nervous sensation
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-ine
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pertaining to
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-kinesia
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movement
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-kinetic
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movement
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-ose
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pertaining too
full of sugar |
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-paresis
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weakness
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-phagia
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eating
swallowing |
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-pathy
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disease
emotion |
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-phasia
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speech
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--plegia
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paralysis
palsy |
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-praxia
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action
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-ptosis
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droops
sag prolapse |
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-sthenia
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strength
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What does an Axon do?
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carries impulses away from the cell body
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What does a Dendrite do
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carries impulses towards the cell body
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What does the Cell body do?
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contains the nucleus
control center impulse travels to the axon |
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What is grey matter?
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demyelated nerve fibers
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Where does the synapse of a ref;ex arc occur?
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in the spinal cord
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What does the CNS consist of?
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Brain
& Spinal Cord |
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What do Schwann cells produce?
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Myelin sheath
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What does PNS stand for?
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Peripheral Nervous System
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What does the PNS contain?
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12 Crainal nerves
31 pairs- Spinal Nerves Autonomic Nerves |
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Sensory nerves are also known as?
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afferent nerves
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In what dirrection do efferent neurons carry impulses?
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away from cell body
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What is cointained within the synaptic knobs?
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neurotransmitters
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What makes up the brain stem?
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pons
& medulla oblongata |
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what structure covers the outside of the Myelin Sheath?
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Neurilemma
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Discribe a synapse
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space between the axon of one and the dendrite of another
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What vital function does the Vasomotor Center control ?
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Blood Pressure
- contrating & relaxing the muscular wall of the blood vessle |
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What is contained within the Subarachnoid Space?
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CSF - cerebrospinal fluid
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Describe the Spinal Cord ?
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column of nerve tissue - from medulla oblongata to second lubbar verterbrae
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What vital function is controlled by the respiratory center ?
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Respiration
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What is the largest part of the brain?
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Cerebrum
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What part of the brain is involved in voluntary movement & balance?
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Cerebellum
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What controls appetite, sleep & temperature?
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Hypothalamus
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What connects the cerebrum & cerebellum to the rest of the brain?
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Pons
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Name the fibers of a nerve cell that receives a nervous impulse?
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Dendrites
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The outer region of the cerebrum is called the?
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Cerebral Cortex
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The proper name for "horse tail" as it relates to the spinal nerves is?
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Cauda Equina
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