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61 Cards in this Set
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AFFERENT NERVES
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TRANSMITTER OF NERVE IMPULSES TOWARD THE CNS; ALSO KNOWN AS SENSORY NERVES
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AGRAPHIA
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THE INABILITY TO CONVERT ONE'S THOUGHTS INTO WRITING
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ANALGESIA
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WITHOUT SENSITIVITY TO PAIN
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ANESTHESIA
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WITHOUT FEELING OR SENSATION
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ANEURYSM
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LOCALIZED DILATION IN THE WALL OF ARTERY THAT EXPANDS WITH EACH PULSATION OF THE ARTERY; CAUSED BY HYPERTENSION OR ATHROSCLEROSIS
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APHASIA
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INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH SPEECH, WRITING OR SIGNS BECAUSE OF AN INJURY OR DISEASE IN AREAS OF THE BRAIN
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ATAXIA
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WITHOUT MUSCULAR COODINATION
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AURA
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SENSATION AN INDIV. EXPERIENCES PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF A MIGRAINE HEADACH OR AN EPILEPTIC SEIZUIRE. IT MAY BE A SENSATION OF LIGHT OR WARMTH AND MAY PRECEDE THE ATTACK BY HOURS OR ONLY A FEW SECONDS.
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AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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THE PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT REGULATES THE INVOLUNTARY VITAL FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY, SUCH AS THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING THE HEART MUSCLE SMOOTH MUSCLES, AND THE GLANDS. THE AUTONOMIC NERVIOUS SYSTEM HAS TWO DIVISIONS: THE SNS AND PNS (DEFINED SEPARATELY).
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AXON
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THE PART OF THE NERVE CELL THAT TRANSPORTS NERVE IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE NERVE CELL BODY.
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BRADYKINESIA
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ABNORMALLY SLOW MOVEMENT
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BRAIN STEAM
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THE STEMLIKE PORTION OF THE BRAIN THAT CONNECTS THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE WITH THE SPINAL CORD. THE BRAIN STEM CONTAINS THE MIDBRAIN, THE PONS, AND THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA.
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BURR HOLE
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A HOLE DRILLED INTO THE SKULL USING A FORM OF DRILL
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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ONE OF THE TWO MAIN DIVISIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, CONSISTING OF THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD.
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CEPHALALGIA
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PAIN IN THE HEAD; HEADACHE
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CEREBELLUM
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THE PART OF THE BRAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR COODINATING VOULUNTARY MUSCLES MOVEMENT; LOCATED BEHIND THE BRAIN STEM.
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CEREBRAL CONCUSSION
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A BRIEF INTERRUPTION OF BRAIN FUNCTION USUALLY WITH A LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS LASTING FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS TRANSIENT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS USUALLY CAUSED BY BLUNT TRAUMA ( A BLOW ) TO THE HEAD.
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CEREBRAL CONTUSION
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SMALL SCATTERED VENOUS HERRMOHAGES IN THE BRAIN; BETTER DRSCRIBED AS A "BRUISE" OF THE BRAIN TISSUE OCCURING WHEN THE BRAIN STRIKES THE INNER SKULL.
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CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
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FLUID FLOWING THROUGH THE BRAIN AND AROUND THE SPINAL CORD THAT PROTECTS THEM FROM PHYSICAL BLOW OR IMPACT.
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CEREBRUM
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LARGEST AND UPPERMOST PART OF THE BRAIN. IT CONTROLS CONSCIOUSNESS, MEMORY, SENSATION, EMOTIONS AND VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS.
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COMA
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DEEP SLEEP IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL CANNOT BE AROUSED AND DOES NOT RESPOND TO EXTERNAL STIMULI.
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CRANIOTOMY
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A SURGICAL INCISION INTO THE CRANIUM OR SKULL
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DEFICIT
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ANY DEFICIENCY OR VARIATION OF THE NORMAL AS IN A WEAKNESS DEFICIT RESULTING FROM CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT.
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DENDRITE
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A PROJECTION THAT EXTENDS FROM THE NERVE CELL BODY. IT RECEIVES IMPULSES AND CONDUCTS THEM ON TO THE CELL BODY.
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DYSPHASIA
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DIFFICULT SPEECH
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EFFERENT NERVES
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TRANSMITTERS OF NERVE IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE CNS; ALSO KNOWN AS MOTOR NERVES.
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GANGLION
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A KNOTLIKE MASS OF NERVE TISSUE FOUND OUTSIDE THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD (PLURA:GANGLIA).
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HEMIPLEGIA
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PARALYSIS OF ONE HALF OF THE BODY(LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE).
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HERPES ZOSTER
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AN ACUTE INFECTION CAUSED BY THE SAME VIRUS THAT CAUSES CHICKENPOX, CHARACTERIZED BY PAINFUL VESICULAR LESIONS ALONG THE PATH OF A SPINAL NERVE; ALSO CALLED SHINGLES.
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HYPERESTHESIA
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EXCESSIVE SENSITIVITY TO SENSORY STIMULI SUCH AS PAIN OR TOUCH.
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HYPOTHALAMUS
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A PART OF THE BRAIN LOCATED BELOW THE THALAMUS THAT CONTROLS MANY FUNCTIONS SUCH AS BODY TEMPERATURE, SLEEP AND APPETITE.
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INTERNEURONS
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CONNECTING NEURONS THAT CONDUCT IMPULSES FROM AFFERENT NERVES TO OR TOWARD MOTOR NERVES
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LETHARGY
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A STATE OF BEING SLUGGISH
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MEDULLA OBLONGATA
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1 OF 3 PARTS OF THE BRAIN STEM, THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA IS THE MOST ESSENTIAL PART OF THE BRAIN IN THAT IT CONTAINS THE CARDIAC, VASOMOTOR, AND RESPIRATORY CENTERS OF THE BRAIN.
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MENINGES
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THE THREE LAYES OF PROTECTIVE MEMBRANES THAT SURROUND THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD
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NARCOLEPSY
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UNCONTROLLED, SUDDEN ATTACKS OF SLEEP
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NERVE
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A CORDLIKE BUNDLE OF NERVE FIBERS THAT TRANSMIT IMPULSES TO AND FROM THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY. A NERVE IS MACROSCOPIC.
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NERVE BLOCK
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INJECTION OF A LOCAL ANESTHETIC ALONG THE COURSE OF A NERVE OR NERVES TO ELIMINATE SENSATION TO THE AREA SUPPLIED BY THE NERVES; ALSO CALLED CONDUCTION ANESTHESIA.
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NEURALGIA
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SEVERE, SHARP SPASMLIKE PAIN THAT EXTENDS ALONG THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE NERVES.
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NEUROLOGIST
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A PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN TREATING THE DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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NEUROLOGY
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THE STUDY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND IT'S DISORDERS.
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NEURON
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A NERVE CELL
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NEUROSURGEON
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A PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN SURGERY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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NEUROSURGERY
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ANY SURGERY INVOLVING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
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PALLIATIVE
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SOOTHING
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PARAPLEGIA
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PARALYSIS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES AND TRUNK, USUALLY DUE TO SPINAL CORD INJURY.
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PARASYMPATHETIC NERVES
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NERVES OF THE ANS THAT ESSENTIAL INVOLUNTARY BODY FUNCTIONS SUCH AS SLOWING THE HEART RATE, INCREASING PERISTALSIS OF THE INTESTINE, INCREASING FLANDULAR SECRETIONS AND RELAXING SPHICTERS
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PARASYMPATHOMIMETIC
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COPYING OR PRODUCING THE SAME EFFECTS AS THOSE OF THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVES "TO MIMIC" THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVES.
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PARESTHESIA
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A SENSATION OF NUMBNESS OR TINGLING
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PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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THE PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OUTSIDE THE CNS, CONSISTING OF 12 PAIRS OF CRANIAL NERVES AND 31 PAIRS OF SPINAL NERVES.
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PIA MATER
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THE INNERMOST OF THE THREE MEMBRANES (MENINGES) SURROUNDING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
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PLEXUS
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A NETWORK OF INTERWOVEN NERVES
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QUADRIPLEGIA
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PARALYSIS OF ALL FOUR EXTREMITIES AND THE TRUNK OF THE BODY; CAUSED BY INJURY TO THE SPINAL CORD AT THE LEVEL OF THE CERVICAL VERTEBRAE.
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SCIATICA
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INFLAMMATION OF THE SCIATIC NERVE, CHARACTERIZED BY PAIN ALONG THE COURSE OF THE NERVE, REDIALING THROUGHT THE THIGH AND DOWN THE BACK OF THE LEG.
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SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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THE PART OF THE PNS THAT PROVIDES VOLUNTARY CONTROL OVER SKELETAL MUSCLES CONTRACTIONS.
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SYMPATHETIC NERVES
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NERVES OF THE ANS THAT REGULATE ESSENTIAL INVOLUNTARY BODY FUNCTIONS SUCH AS INCREASING THE HEART RATE, CONSTRICTING BLOOD VESSELS, AND RAISING THE BLOOD PRESSURE.
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SYNAPSE
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THE SPACE BETWEEN THE END OF ONE NERVE AND THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER, THROUGH WHICH NERVE IMPULSES ARE TRANSMITTED.
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SYNCOPE
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FAINTING
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THALAMUS
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THE PART OF THE BRAIN LOCATED BETWEEN THE CEREBRAL HISPHERES AND THE MIDBRAIN, THE THALAMUS RECEIVES ALL SENSORY STIMULI, EXCEPT THOSE OF SMELL AND RELAYS THEM TO THE CEREBRAL COTEX.
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THROMBOSIS
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ABNORMAL CONDITION IN WHICH A CLOT DEVELOPS IN A BLOOD VESSEL
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VENTRICLE, BRAIN
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A SMALL HOLLOW WITHIN THE BRAIN THAT IS FILLED WITH CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
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