Definition
Central Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System
Combining Forms
Medical Terminology
100
subdural
below the dura mater
100
the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord; also known as meninges
dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater
100
which system transports information from the CNS to muscle and glands
efferent (motor)
100
Cerebellum
cerebr(o)
100
surgical crushing of a nerve
neurotripsy
200
hydrocephalus
water in the head
200
the lobe that's associated with personality, behavior, emotion, and intellectual functions
frontal lobe
200
two divisions of the autonomic system
sympathetic and parasympathetic
200
feeling
esthesi(o)
200
pertaining to the skull and the cerebrum
craniocerebral
300
dacryocystotomy
incision of the lacrimal sac
300
the midbrain, pons, and medulla are part of the...
brain stem
300
bloodshot eyes or pinkeye
conjunctivitis
300
mind
psych(o) or ment(o)
300
radiography of the brain
encephalography
400
neurosclerosis
hardening of the nervous tissue
400
disease characterized by confusion, memory failure, and disorientation
Alzheimer's disease
400
what are two types of nerve fibers
cholinergic and adrenergic
400
spider or arachnoid membrane
arachn(o)
400
any disease of the joints associated with disease of the central or peripheral nervous system
neuroarthropathy
500
quadriplegia
paralysis of all four limbs
500
this fluid also surrounds and cushions the spinal cord and brain
cerebrospinal
500
which fiber releases the neurotransmitter epinephrine
adrenergic fibers
500
sleep
narc(o)
500
inflammation of the ear
otitis
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