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chapter 5
nervous system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cerebr/o, encephal/o | brain |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| lob/o | lobe |
| cephal/o | head |
| crani/o | head, skull |
| mening/o, meningi/o | meninges (membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord) |
| dur/o | dura (tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord) |
| neur/o | nerve |
| gangli/o | nerve bundle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| phas/o | speech |
| phren/o, psych/o | mind |
| somn/o, somn/i, hypn/o | sleep |
| gnosi/o | know |
| -mania | excessive desire |
| -phobia | excessive fear or sensitivity |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| ton/o | muscle tone, tension, pressure |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| a/ phas/ ia | not speaking condition |
| a/ taxia | no coordination |
| cata/ ton/ ia | down muscle tone |
| delirium | brief loss of mental function |
| de/ ment/ ia | down mind condition |
| dys/ kinesia | bad movement |
| dys/ lex/ ia | bad reading condition |
| dys/ ton/ ia | bad muscle tone condition |
| myo/ clonus | muscle turmoil |
| myo/ spasm | muscle involuntary contraction |
| neur/ asthenia | nerve weakness |
| somn/ ambul/ ism | sleep walk condition |
| syncope | fainting; losing consciousness due to temporal loss of blood flow to the brain |
| cephal/ algia | head pain |
| cephalo/ dynia | head pain |
| encephal/ algia | brain pain |
| neur/ algia | nerve pain |
| neuro/ dynia | nerve pain |
| hemi/ paresis | half partial paralysis |
| hemi/ plegia | half paralysis |
| mono/ plegia | one paralysis |
| paralysis | complete loss of sensation and motor function |
| paresis | partial paralysis characterized by varying degrees of sensation and motor function |
| caus/ algia | burn pain |
| dys/ esthesia | bad sensation |
| hyper/ esthesia | over sensation |
| par/ esthesia | beside sensation |
| pseud/ esthesia | false sensation |
| syn/ esthesia | together sensation |
| acro/ phobia | fear of heights |
| agora/ phobia | fear of outdoor spaces |
| hydro/ phobia | fear of water |
| klepto/ mania | desire to steal |
| photo/ phobia | excessive sensitivity to light |
| pyro/ mania | desire to set fire |
| echo/ encephalo/ graphy | echo/ brain/ writing procedure |
| electro/ encephalo/ graphy | electricity/ brain/ writing procedure |
| lumb/ ar / puncture | inserting a needle into the lumbar region of the spine |
| cerebral angiography | procedure used to examine blood vessels in he brain |
| magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) | procedure used to examine blood vessels |
| myelo/ gram | spinal cord/ record |
| positron emission tomography (PET) scan | an imaging procedure that uses radiation to produce cross sections of the brain |
| transcranial Doppler sonography | an imaging technique that produces an image of the brain using sound waves sent through the skull |
| cerebellitits | inflammation of the cerebellum |
| cerebral atrophy | wasting away of brain tissue |
| duritis | inflammation of the dura |
| encephalicele | hernia of the brain |
| hematoma | a tumorlike mass made up of blood |
| cranial hematoma | a hematoma beneath the skull |
| epidural hematoma | a hematoma located on top of the dura |
| intracerebral hematoma | a hematoma located inside the brain |
| subdural hematoma | a hematoma located beneath the dura |
| macrocephaly | abnormally large head |
| microcephaly | abnormally small head |
| meningocele | a hernia of the meninges |
| myelocele | a hernia of the spinal cord |
| myelomalacia | abnormal softening of the spinal cord |
| glyco | sugar |
| nystagmus | involuntary back and forth eye movement |
| prosop | face |
| gnos | knowledge |
| af | toward |
| ef | away |
| ferent | carry |
| ictal | seizure |
| inter | between |
| clonus | muscle spasm of twitching |
| isch | hold back |
| ient isch | go hold back |
| eury | wide |
| sm | condition |
| astro | star |
| glio | glue |
| gangli | ganglion |
| polio | gray |
| orex | appetite |
| bu | ox |
| lim | hunger |
| phor | carry |
| aut | self |
| schizo | divide |
| phren | mind |
| convuls | convulsion |
| depress | depression |
| anxio | anxiety |
| lytic | breakdown agent |
| pharmaco | drug |
| thrombo | clot |
| end | inside |
| arter | artery |
| ant | agent |
| trop | turn |
| therapy | treatment |
| endo | inside |
| ADHD | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| MS | multiple sclerosis |
| EEG | electroencephalogram |
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