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cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
encephal/o
brain
mening/o
meninges
meningi/o
meninges
myel/o
spinal cord
neru/o
nerve
ventricul/o
ventricle
-algia
pain
-esthesai
?
-paresis
weakness
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
afferent neurons
carry sensory information from a sensory receptor to the CNS (sensory)
efferent neurons
carry activity instructions from the CNS to muscles or glands out in the body (motor)
dura mater
tough, fibrous sac around the CNS
sympathetic nervous system
control the fight or flight reaction during times of stress and crisis
aneurysm
weakness in the walla of the blood vessel
cerebral vascular accident
development of an infarct due to loss in blood supply to an area of the brain