MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
ANATOMY
DISORDERS
MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
100
Cerebr/o
What is the combining form for cerebrum, the largest part of the brain
100
Lumbar
This another name for the lower back
100
Migraine
What is the most common type of headache
100
Cerebrovascular Accident
What is another name for a stroke
100
Soma
What is the body of the neuron called
200
Kinesi/o
What is the medical term for movement
200
Cerebellum
What is the small brain
200
Spina Bifida
What is when the vertebrae fails to close
200
Peripheral Nervous System
This division of the nervous system contains spinal and cranial nerves
200
Coma
This refers to decreased consciousness
300
spin/o
What is the combining form for spine
300
Temporal
This lobe of the brain is responsible for hearing, tast, and smell
300
Hemiparesis
What is slight paralysis
300
ADHD
What is Attention-Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder
300
Neuroglia
What are the supporting cells of the nervous system
400
tinnitus
What is ringing or buzzing in the ear
400
Frontal
This lobe of the brain is responsible for voluntary muscle movement and personality
400
Convulsions
Sudden involuntary contactions of muscles
400
Cerebral Palsy
What is CP
400
Alzheimer Disease
What is the irreversible deterioration of the structural part of the brain
500
Encephal/o
What is the combining form for the entire brain
500
Central
This division of the nervous system contains the spine and the brain
500
Motor Nerves
Conducts impulses from the brain to the muscles and glands
500
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
What is OCD
500
Myelogram
An x-ray image of the spinal cord after injection of a contrast medium
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