Week 8: Neurologic System Study Flashcards

A set of vocabulary-style flashcards derived from neurologic system lecture notes, covering medical terminology, suffixes, and specific conditions.

Neurologist

A professional that specializes in nervous system disease.

neuritis

Nerve inflammation.

neuroectomy

Removal of a nerve.

Syncope

Fainting loss of consciousness.

-esthesia

Feeling / sensation.

anesthesia

Loss of sensation.

huperesthesia

Increase in sensitivity.

paraesthesia

Numbness / abnormal.

encephal/o

Brain.

encephalitis

Brain inflammation.

encephalopathy

Brain disease.

encephalomyelitis

Brain + Spinal Cord.

electroencephalogram (EEG)

Test that measures the electrical activity of the brain.

Myclo

Bone marrow or spinal card.

lepsy

Seizure.

epilepsy

reccurrent seizures.

narcolepsy

Causes sudden sleep.

Ataxia

Lack of coordination.

nystagmus

Involuntary rapid eye movement.

Vestibular system

Controls air balance + spanal orientation and is located within the ear.

Torticollis

Abnormal twisting of the neck.

Opisthotonus

Extreme extension of the head + spine due to severe neurologic dysfunction.