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Chapter 10
Nervous System
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Undergraduate 1
03/20/2013

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Term
Feeling
Definition
estheto-
Term
brain
Definition
encephalo-
Term
shaken together
Definition
concusso
Term
brain covering
Definition
meningo-
Term
spinal cord
Definition
myelo-
Term
The ____ are the root-like structures of a nerve that receive impulses and conduct them to the cell body?
Definition
dendrites
Term
The condition known as _____ is characterized by sever lightning-like pain due to an inflammation of the fifth cranial nerve?
Definition
trigeminal neuralgia
Term
Persistent severe burning pain that usually follows an injury to a sensory nerve is known as ____?
Definition
causalgia
Term
CP
Definition
Cerebral Palsy
Term
CSF
Definition
Cerebral Stress function
Term
MS
Definition
Multiple Sclerosis
Term
TIA
Definition
Transient Ischemic Attack
Term
A physician who specializes in administering anesthetic agents is a/an?
Definition
anesthesiologist
Term
Anthony hit his head on the windshield. The paramedics were concerned that this jarring of the brain had caused a/an?
Definition
Concussion
Term
After several months of being unable to sleep well, the patient visited his doctor about the problem. His Dr. recorded this condition as being ___?
Definition
Insomnia
Term
Disease or disorder of a nerve or nerves is?
Definition
neuropathy
Term
CNS is made up of?
Definition
Brain and Spinal nerves
Term
Electric
Definition
electro-
Term
Brain
Definition
encephalo-
Term
Recording
Definition
-graphy
Term
The synapse is the _____?
Definition
Connecting space between two neurons
Term
Ascending tracts are?
Definition
afferent and sensory
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