Ch14-Nervous System
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- CEREBR/O
- CEREBRUM
- CRANI/O
- CRANIUM (SKULL)
- DENDR/O
- TREE
- ENCEPHAL/O
- BRAIN
- GANGLI/O
- GANGLION
- GLI/O
- GLUE; NEUROGLIAL TISSUE
- LEX/O
- WORD, PHRASE
- KINESI/O
- MOVEMENT
- LEPT/O
- THIN, SLENDER
-
MENING/O
MENINGI/O - MENINGES (MEMBRANES COVERING BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD)
- MYEL/O
- BONE MARROW; SPINAL CORD
- NARC/O
- STUPOR; NUMBNESS; SLEEP
- NEUR/O
- NERVE
- STHEN/O
- STRENGTH
- RADICUL/O
- NERVE ROOT
- THEC/O
- SHEATH (USUALLY REFERS TO MENINGES)
- THALAM/O
- THALAMUS
- TON/O
- TENSION
- VENTRICUL/O
- VENTRICLE (OF HEART OR BRAIN)
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-ALGESIA
-ALGIA - PAIN
- -ASTHENIA
- WEAKNESS, DEBILITY
- -ESTHESIA
- FEELING
- -KINESIA
- MOVEMENT
- -LEPSY
- SEIZURE
- -PARESIS
- PARTIAL PARALYSIS
- -PHASIA
- SPEECH
- -PLEGIA
- PARALYSIS
- -PLEXY
- STROKE
- -TAXIA
- ORDER, COORDINATION
- -TROPHY
- DEVELOPMENT, NOURISHMENT
- CONTRA-
- AGAINST
- PACHY-
- THICK
- PARA-
- NEAR, BESIDE; BEYOND
- SYN-
- UNION, TOGETHER, JOINED
- UNI-
- ONE
- AGNOSIA
- INABILITY TO COMPREHEND SENSORY SIGNALS EVEN THOUGH SENSORY SPHERE IS INTACT
- ASTHENIA
- WEAKNESS, DEBILITY, OR LOSS OF STRENGTH
- ATAXIA
- LACK OF MUSCLE COORDINATION IN EXECUTION OF VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT
- AURA
- PECULIAR SENSATION THAT PRECEDES SEIZURES
- AUTISM
- MENTAL DISORDER WITH EXTREME WITHDRAWAL, INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, ABNORMAL ABSORPTION IN A FANTASY
- CEREBRAL PALSY
- SELF LIMITING PARALYSIS DUE TO DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECTS IN THE BRAIN OR TRAUMA DURING THE BIRTH PROCESS
- CLONIC SPASM
- ALTERNATE CONTRACTION AND RELAXATION OF MUSCLES
- CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA
- INJURY IN WHICH DURA MATER REMAINS INTACT AND BRAIN TISSUE IS NOT EXPOSED
- COMA
- DEEP UNCONSCIOUSNESS WITH NO VOLUNTARY RESPONSE TO STIMULI
- CONCUSSION
- TRANSIENT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AS A RESULT OF HEAD TRAUMA
- DEMENTIA
- COGNITIVE DEFECT INCL/MEMORY IMPAIREMENT
- DYSLEXIA
- INABILITY TO LEARN AND PROCESS WRITTEN LANGUAGE DESPITE ADEQUATE INTELLIGENCE, SENSORY ABILITY, AND EXPOSURE
- GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME
- ACUTE POLYNEURITIS WITH PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE WEAKNESS IN EXTREMITIES
- HERPES ZOSTER
- ACUTE INFECTION OF THE ROOT GANGLIA OF THE SPINAL OR CRANIAL NERVES (SHINGLES)
- HUNTINGTON CHOREA
- DISEASE OF THE CNS - QUICK INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS, SPEECH DISTURBANCES AND MENTAL DETERIORATION
- HYDROCEPHALUS
- ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE BRAIN VENTRICLES
- LETHARGY
- SLUGGISHNESS
- NEUROSIS
- PHOBIAS, HYSTERIAS, OCD - UNCONSCIOUS CONFLICTS SOMETIMES BROUGHT ON BY SOMETHING IN THE PAST
- PSYCHOSIS
- MAJOR EMOTIONAL DISORDER - DELUSIONS, HALLUCINATIONS
- SPINA BIFIDA
- DEFECT IN WHICH THE NEURAL TUBE FAILS TO CLOSE
- MENINGOCELE
- FORM OF SPINA BIFIDA WHERE THE MENINGES PROTUDE THROUGH THE SPINE
- MYELOMENINGOCELE
- FORM OF SPINA BIFIDA WHERE THE SPINAL CORD AND MENINGES PROTRUDE THROUGH THE SPINE
- OCCULTA
- FORM OF SPINA BIFIDA WHERE THE VERTEBRA(E) ARE MALFORMED AND THE SPINAL CORD IS COVERED WITH A LAYER OF SKIN
- PARAPLEGIA
- PARALYSIS OF LOWER TRUNK AND BOTH LEGS
- PARESTHESIA
- SENSATION OF NUMBNESS, PRICKLING, TINGLING
- POLIOMYELITIS
- INFLAMMATION OF THE GREY MATTER OF THE SPINAL CORD
- QUADRIPLEGIA
- PARALYSIS OF ALL 4 EXTREMITIES AND USUALLY THE TRUNK
- REYE SYNDROME
- ACUTE ENCEPHALOPATHY AND FATTY INFILTRATION OF THE BRAIN AND LIVER - USUALLY SEEN IN KIDS WHO HAD AN ACUTE VIRAL INFECTION
- SCIATICA
- SEVERE PAIN IN LEG CAUSED BY COMPRESSED NERVE
- SYNCOPE
- FAINTING
- VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE
- FAINTING DUE TO DROP IN BLOOD PRESSURE CAUSED BY STRESS, PAIN, OR TRAUMA
- TIA-TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
- TEMPORARY INTERFERENCE WITH BLOOD SUPPLY TO BRAIN
- ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG)
- RECORDING OF ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN THE BRAIN
- ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (EMG)
- RECORDING OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IN A MUSCLE TAKEN AT REST AND DURING CONTRACTION
- NCV-NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY
- MEASURES SPEED AT WHICH IMPULSES TRAVEL THROUGH A NERVE
- MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY (MEG)
- RECORDS ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PRODUCED AS NEURONS DISCHARGE AND MAPS THEIR PATHWAY THROUGH THE BRAIN (USED IN SEIZURE DISORDERS)
- CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) ANALYSIS
- SERIES OF CHEMICAL, MICROSCOPIC, AND MICROBIAL TESTS USED TO DIAGNOSE DISORDERS OF THE CNS
- CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY
- RADIOGRAPHY OF THE BLOOD VESSELS IN THE BRAIN USING CONTRAST MEDIUM
- MYELOGRAPHY
- RADIOGRAPHY OF THE SPINAL CANAL, NERVE ROOTS, AND SPINAL CORD USING CONTRAST MEDIUM
- ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY
- ULTRASOUND OF THE BRAIN TO EXAM INTRACRANIAL STRUCTURES
- STEREOTAXIC RADIOSURGERY
- PRECISE METHOD FOR LOCATING AND DESTROYING LESIONS - PERFORMED WITHOUT A SURGICAL INCISION-DESTROYS LESIONS USING HEAT, COLD, AND RADIATION
- THALAMOTOMY
- PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE THALAMUS
- TRACTOTOMY
- TRANSECTION OF A NERVE TRACT IN THE BRAINSTEM OR SPINAL CORD
- TREPHINATION
- CIRCULAR OPENING CUT INTO THE SKULL TO REVEAL BRAIN TISSUE
- VAGOTOMY
- INTERRUPTION OF THE FUNCTION OF THE VAGUS NERVE TO RELIEVE PEPTIC ULCER
- ANALGESICS
- RELIEVE OR ELIMINATE PAIN
- ANESTHETICS (GENERAL, LOCAL)
- PRODUCE LOSS OF SENSATION, WITH OR WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- ANTICONVULSANTS
- SUPPRESS OR CONTROL SEIZURES
- HYPNOTICS
- PROMOTE SEDATION AND SLEEP
- ANTIPSYCHOTICS
- TREAT HALLUCINATIONS, DELUSIONS, AGITATION AND PARANOIA
- PSYCHOSTIMULANTS
- TREAT NARCOLEPSY AND ADHD (AMPHETAMINES ARE MAINLY USED FOR ADHD)