Combos
myel/o
What is spinal cord?
-lysis
What is loosening, dissolution, separating?
intra-
What is within?
largest portion of the brain, divided into right and left hemispheres
What is the cerebrum?
disorder characterized by feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness arising typically from the anticipation of unreal or imagined danger
What is anxiety disorder?
phas/o
What is speech?
-ictal
What is seizure?
dys-
What is painful, abnormal, difficult, labored?
3 layers of membrane that cover the brain and spinal cord
What are meninges?
mood disturbance characterized by feelings of sadness, despair, discouragement, hopelessness, lack of joy, altered sleep patterns, and difficulty with decision making and daily function
What is major depression?
esthesi/o
What is sensation, sensitivity, feeling?
-paresis
What is slight paralysis?
para-
What is beside, beyond, around, abnormal?
cavities within the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid
What are ventricles?
disorder typified by manic and depressive epidsodes
What is bipolar disorder?
rhiz/o
What is nerve root?
-genic
What is producing, originating, causing?
hemi-
What is half?
located under the posterior portion of the cerebrum, assists in the coordination of skeletal muscles to maintain balance
What is the cerebellum?
disorders characterized by physical symptoms for which no known physical cause exists
What are somatoform disorders?
dur/o
What is hard, tough?
-a
What is no meaning?
post-
What is after?
located between the pons and spinal cord; controls respiration, heart rate, and muscles in the blood vessel walls
What is the medulla oblongata?
compulsive eating of nonnutritive substances
What is pica?