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| collection of blood that results from the tearing of veins between the dura and the arachnoid membranes--usually caused by blunt trauma |
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| collection of blood that occurs between the skull and the dura as the result of a ruptured meningeal artery, usually after a skull fracture |
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| collection of blood is caused by bleeding directly into brain tissue, often caused by uncontrolled hypertension |
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| combined form meaning glial cells |
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| highly malignant tumor of immature glial cells |
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| tumor of neuroglial cells |
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| combined form meaning thin or slender |
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| pertaining to the thin meninges |
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| Pia mater, arachnoid membranes |
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| What are two leptomeninges? |
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| Two combined forms meaning membranes or meninges |
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| pertaining to the meninges |
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| slowly growing, benign tumor of the meninges |
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| neural tube defect caused by failure of the neural tube to close during embryonic development--occurs with infants born with spina bifida |
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| combined form meaning muscle |
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| pertaining to the muscle nerve |
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| combined form meaning spinal cord or bone marrow |
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| viral disease that affects gray matter of the spinal cord, leading t paralysis of muscles that rely on the damaged neurons |
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| Prefix that means gray matter |
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| T or F: Polio is relatively uncommon because effective vaccines were developed for it |
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| combined form meaning nerve |
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| disease process of the nerves |
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| combined form meaning pons |
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| inflammation of many nerves |
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| pertaining to the cerebellum and pons |
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| The suffix -ine means __________ |
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| combined form meaning nerve root of spinal nerves |
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| disease process f the spinal nerve roots |
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| inflammation of the spinal nerve roots, resulting in pain and loss of function |
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| combined form meaning thalamus |
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| pertaining to the thalamus |
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