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Anatomy and Physiology
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Combining form neur/o
What is nerve?
100
One of the largest organs in the body.
What is the brain?
100
Bruising of the brain from an impact.
What is cerebral contusion?
100
Drug that has a relaxing or calming effect.
What is Sedative?
100
Injection to stop the passage of sensory or pain impulses along nerve path.
What is Nerve block?
200
Combining form for muscle.
What is myl/o?
200
The largest section of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
200
Another word for fainting.
What is Syncope?
200
Drug that promotes sleep.
What is Hypnotic?
200
Surgical repair of a nerve.
What is Neuroplasty?
300
Combining form encephal/o
What is brain?
300
Can be subdivided into the central nervous systems.
What is the Nervous System?
300
When paralyzed from one side of the face due to inflammation of the facial nerve.
What is Bell’s Palsy?
300
Medication to treat minor to moderate pain without loss of consciousness.
What is Analgesic?
300
To remove portion of a vertebra.
What is a Laminectomy?
400
Combining form for spinal cord.
What is myel/o?
400
Consists of two basic types of cells: Neurons and Neuroglial Cells.
What is the Nervous Tissue?
400
Tumor of the brain and spinal cord composed of astrocytes.
What is astrocytoma?
400
Drug that produces loss of sensation or a loss of consciousness.
What is Anesthetic?
400
To suture a nerve back together.
What is Neurorrhaphy?
500
Combining form radicul/o.
What is nerve root?
500
Each hemisphere has four cells.
What is Frontal lobe, Parietal lobe, Occipital lobe and Temporal lobe?
500
Lack of feeling and sensation.
What is anesthesia?
500
Substance that reduces the excitability of neurons and prevents seizures.
What is Anticonvulsant?
500
Surgical interruption of a nerve tract in the spinal cord.
What is Tractotomy?