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31 Cards in this Set
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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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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gli/o
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glue
parts of the nervous system that support and connect |
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lept/o
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thin
slender |
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mening/o
meningi/o |
membranes
meninges |
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord
means bone marrow in other contexts |
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neur/o
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nerve
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pont/o
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pons
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radicul/o
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nerve root
of spinal nerves |
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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thec/o
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sheath
refers to the menings |
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vag/o
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vagus nerve
10th cranial nerve |
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alges/o
-algesia |
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
coma |
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esthesi/o
-esthesia |
feeling
nervous sensation |
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kines/o
-kinesia |
movement
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-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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slight paralysis
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 |
