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41 Cards in this Set
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alges/o, algesia
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Excessive sensitivity to pain
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algia
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Pain
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caus/o
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burning
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comat/o
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deep sleep
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encephal/o
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brain
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gli/o
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glial cells
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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mening/o , meningi/o
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membranes, meninges
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myel/o
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Spinal Cord
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neur/o
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Nerve
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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thec/o
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sheath
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vag/o
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vagus nerve
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esthesi/o-esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
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kines/o
kinesi/o -kinesia -kinesis -kinetic |
Movement
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lepsy
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seizure
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lex/o
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word phrase
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-paresis
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weakness
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-phasia
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speech
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-plegia
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paralysis(loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
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-praxia
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action
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-sthenia
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strength
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syncop/o
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to cut off, cut short
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tax/o
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order, coordination
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Tachy
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Rapid
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brady
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Slow
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brachi
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arm
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coron
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heart
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cyan
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blue
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myx
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mucus
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phleb
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vein
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sphygm
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pulse
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steth
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chest
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thromb
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clot
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vas
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vessel
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ven
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vein
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Flutter
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Rapid but regular contractions, usually of the atria
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fibrillation
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Very rapid, random, inefficient, and irregular contractions of the heart
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endocardium
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smooth layer of endothelial cells, lines the interior of the heart and heart valves
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myocardium
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the middle muscular layer of the heart wall, is it's thickest layer
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sclerosis
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Hardening of the arteries
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