ch. 5 neurology + psychiatry

peripheral nervous system

collects data (receives info such as temp, pain, light, and pressure from its surroundings)

central nervous system

processes details and formulates response. commands are directed back to appropriate body parts via nerves

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

cerebr/o, encephal/o

brain

cerebell/o

cerebellum “little brain”

lob/o

lobe

cephal/o

head

crani/o

head, skull

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges (membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)

dur/o

dura (tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)

neur/o

nerve

gangli/o

nerve bundle

esthesi/o

feeling, sensatiion

phas/o

speech

phren/o, psych/o

mind

somn/o, somn/i, hypn/o

sleep

gnosi/o

know

-mania

excessive desire

-phobia

excessive fear or sensitivity

-paresis

slight or partial paralysis ; slack or let go

ton/o

muscle tone, tension, pressure

tax/o

arrangement, order, coordination

-plegia

paralysis

-asthenia

weakness

cata

down

taxia

coordination

clonus

turmoil

ambul

walk

encaephal

brain

algia, dynia

pain

paresis

partial paralysis

plegia

paralysis

esthesia

sensation

pseud

false

af-

toward

ef-

away

gen

creation

idio

private

-ictal

seizure

glio

glue

aut

self

orex

appetite

laminectomy

removal of part of vertebral bone

ant, tic

agent

thrombo

clot

end

inside

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

ADHD

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)

ALS

cerebral spinal fluid

CSF

cerebrovascular accident

CVA

elecctroencephalogram

EEG

electromyogram

EMG

intracranial pressure

ICP

level of conciousness

LOC

lumbar puncture

LP

magnetic resonance angiography

MRA

multiple sclerosis

MS

obsessive compulsive disorder

OCD

positron emission tomography

PET

transient ischemic attack

TIA