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Chap. 6 The Nervous System and Mental Health
Nervous system and Mental Health
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Undergraduate 1
02/10/2014
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What is the nervous system composed of?
 Definition
Brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
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a-
 Definition
without, absence of
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de-
 Definition
not
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di-
 Definition
double
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dys-
 Definition
bad, abnormal, painful, difficult
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hemi-
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one-half
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hydro-
 Definition
water
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, abnormally high, above
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mono-
 Definition
one
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pan-
 Definition
all, entire
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para-
par-
 Definition
near, alongside, departure from normal
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pre-
 Definition
before
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poly-
 Definition
many
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sub-
 Definition
below, beneath
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tetra-
 Definition
four
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alges/o
 Definition
pain
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angi/o
 Definition
blood vessel
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arachn/o
 Definition
spider
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arteri/o
 Definition
artery
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ather/o
 Definition
fatty substance
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cephal/o
 Definition
head
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cerebell/o
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little brain, cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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brain, cerebrum
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cran/o
crani/o
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cranium
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dur/o
 Definition
hard
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embol/o
 Definition
a plug
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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gangli/o
ganglion/o
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knot, swelling
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gli/o
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glue
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gnos/o
 Definition
knowledge
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lumb/o
 Definition
loin, lower back
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lys/o
 Definition
break apart, dissolution
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mening/o
mening/i
 Definition
membrane
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ment/o
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the mind
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myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord, medulla, myelin sheath, bone marrow
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narc/o
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numbness
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neur/o
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sinew or cord; nerve, fascia
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phasi/o
phas/i
 Definition
speech
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plegi/o
 Definition
paralysis
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poli/o
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gray
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pysch/o
 Definition
the mind
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quadr/o
quadr/i
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four
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radic/o
radicul/o
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nerve root
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scler/o
 Definition
thick, hard, sclera
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somat/o
 Definition
body
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spin/o
 Definition
spine, thorn
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thalam/o
 Definition
inner chamber
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thromb/o
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clot
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vascul/o
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small vessel
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-algia
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pain
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
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-cele
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hernia, swelling, protrusion
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-esthesia
 Definition
sensation, perception
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-gram
 Definition
a record
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-logist
 Definition
one who studies
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-lysis
 Definition
to loosen, dissolve
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-malacia
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softening
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-iatry
 Definition
treatment, specialty
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-paresis
 Definition
paralysis (minor)
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-phagia
 Definition
eating or swallowing
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-phasia
 Definition
speaking (may also be uses as a root, phas)
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-plegia
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paralysis (major)
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-troph
 Definition
nourishment, development
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Nervous system provides:
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A system of communication between the brain and the distant parts of the body. It monitors changes in the environment inside and outside of the body.
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Nerve impluses
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Electrochemical messages that race through your body every moment, traveling along special routes, or nerves, at high speeds.
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Nervous system 2 main groups:
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-Central Nervous System (CNS)
-Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
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Central nervous system
(CNS)
 Definition
Includes the brain and spinal cord
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Peripheral nervous system
(PNS)
 Definition
Includes the nerves and sensory receptors
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Nervous tissue
 Definition
Specialized tissue that conducts nerve impulses. The functional cells of nervous tissue are called neurons; they receive support from nearby neuroglial cells.
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Neurons
 Definition
functional cells of nervous tissue
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