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Wendy SR. Medical Terminology Freshman college English 91 cards

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  1. 1Which cranial nerve relates to smell?Cranial Nerve I
    Olfactory
  2. 2Which cranial nerve relates to sight?Cranial nerve II
    Optic
  3. 3Which cranial nerve relates to hearing and equilibrium?Cranial nerve VIII
    Vestibulocochlear
  4. 4Which cranial nerve is the Vagus nerve?Cranial nerve X
    supplies most organs in abdominal and thoracic cavities
  5. 5alges/osense of pain
  6. 6angi/ovessel
  7. 7arteri/oartery
  8. 8astr/ostar
  9. 9cephal/ohead
  10. 10cerebell/ocerebellum
    second largest portion of brain
    coordinates voluntary movement and maintaining balance and equilibrium
  11. 11cerebr/ocerebrum
    the largest section of the brain - processes thoughts, judgement, and memory
  12. 12clon/orapid contracting and relaxing
  13. 13concuss/oto shake violently
  14. 14crani/oskull
  15. 15cyt/ocell
  16. 16dur/odura mater
  17. 17electr/oelectricity
  18. 18encephal/obrain
  19. 19esthesi/osensation, feeling
  20. 20gli/oglue
  21. 21hemat/oblood
  22. 22hem/oblood
  23. 23hydr/owater
  24. 24isch/oto hold back
  25. 25later/oside
  26. 26lumb/olow back
  27. 27medull/omedulla oblongata
    connects brain and spinal cord
  28. 28meningi/o mening/omeninges
    protective covering on the brain
    3 layers
  29. 29ment/omind
  30. 30myel/ospinal cord
  31. 31neur/onerve
  32. 32poli/ogray matter
  33. 33pont/opons
    the bridge that connects the cerebellum to the rest of the brain
  34. 34radicul/onerve root
  35. 35scler/ohard
  36. 36spin/ospine
  37. 37thalam/othalamus
    composed of gray matter
    center for relaying impulses from eyes, ears, and skin to the cerebrum
  38. 38thec/osheath
  39. 39tom/oto cut
  40. 40ton/otone
  41. 41vascul/oblood vessel
  42. 42ventricul/oventricles
    contain cerebrospinal fluid which provides protection from shock or sudden motion to the brain or spinal cord
  43. 43-al -ar -ary -ealpertaining to
  44. 44-algiapain
  45. 45-astheniaweakness
  46. 46-celeprotrusion
  47. 47-ectomysurgical removal
  48. 48-gramrecord
  49. 49-graphyprocess of recording
  50. 50-iacondition, state
  51. 51-ic -inepertaining to
  52. 52-itisinflammation
  53. 53-logystudy of
  54. 54-ionaction
  55. 55-nicpertaining to
  56. 56-omatumor, swelling
  57. 57-osisabnormal condition
  58. 58-otomycutting into
  59. 59-paresisweakness
  60. 60-pathydisease
  61. 61-phasiaspeech
  62. 62-plastysurgical repair
  63. 63-rrhaphysuture
  64. 64-taxiamuscle coordination
  65. 65-ticpertaining to
  66. 66-trophicpertaining to development
  67. 67a- an- de-without
  68. 68anti-against
  69. 69bi-two
  70. 70dys-abnormal, difficult
  71. 71endo-within
  72. 72epi-above
  73. 73hemi-half
  74. 74hyper-excessive, too much
  75. 75intra-within
  76. 76mono-one
  77. 77para-abnormal or
    two parts of a pair
  78. 78poly-many
  79. 79quadri-four
  80. 80semi-partial
  81. 81sub-below
  82. 82un-not
  83. 83cerebellarpertaining to the cerebellum
  84. 84encephalic encephal/o -icpertaining to the brain
  85. 85intrathecal intra- thec/o -alpertaining to within the meninges
  86. 86quadriplegia quadri- -plegiaparalysis of four
    (extremities)
  87. 87polyneuritis poly- neur/o -itisinflammation of many nerves
  88. 88sclerosis scler/o -osisabnormal condition of being hardened
  89. 89subdural sub- dur/o -alpertaining to under the dura mater
  90. 90angiography angi/o -graphyprocess of recording vessels
  91. 91neurorrhaphy neur/o -rrhaphysuture of a nerve

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A quick and fun way of learning the terminology related to the nervous system
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Wendy SR. · Nov 2015
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Dec 23, 2016
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