Chap 5: Nervous System

Brain

Cerebr/o, Encephal/o

Cerebellum

Cerebell/o

Head

Cephal/o

Head, Skull

Crani/o

Meninges

Mening/o, meningi/o

Dura

Dur/o

Nerve

Neur/o

Spinal cord, bone marrow

Myel/o

Feeling, Sensation

Esthesi/o

Speech

Phas/o

Mind

Phren/o, psych/o

Know

Gnosi/o

Excessive desire

-mania

Excessive fear or sensitivity

-phobia

slight/partial paralysis

-paresis

Paralysis

-plegia

Inability to talk

Aphasia

Loss/decline in mental function

Dementia

Difficulty talking

Dysphasia

Nerve weakness

Neurasthenia

Fainting/ Loss of blood flow in brain

Syncope

Head pain

Cephalalgia

Nerve pain

Neuralgia

Complete loss of sensation/motor functions

Paralysis

Partial Paralysis

Paresis

Fear of heights

Acrophobia

Fear of outdoor spaces

Agoraphobia

Fear of water

Hydrophobia

Desire to steal

Kleptomania

Desire to set fires

Pyromania

Procedure to examine electrical acitvity of brain

Electroencephalography

Inserting a needle in lumbar region of spine/ Spinal fluid

Lumbar Puncture

Procedure to examine blood vessels in brain

Cerebral Angiography

Image of spinal cord

Myelogram

An imaging procedure that uses radiation to make cross section of brain

Positron Emission Tomography

Hernia of brain

Encephalocele

Tumorlike mass in blood

Hematoma

Hematoma on top of dura

Epidural Hematoma

Hematoma inside brain

Intracerebral Hematoma

Hematoma beneath dura

Subdural Hematoma

Afferent Nerve

Impulses towards CNS

Efferent Nerve

Impulses away CNS

Psychiatry

Treatment of Mind

Psychologist

Doctor who specializes in study of mind

Psychology

Study of mind

Psychosomatic

Pertaining to relationship between body and mind

An accident involving the blood vessels of brain

Cerebrovascular Accident

Loss of brain function by interruption of blood flow

stroke

A mini-stroke caused by blockage in blood vessels, goes away within 24 hrs

Transient Ischemic Attack

Abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid in brain

Hydrocephaly

Inflammation of brain

encephalitis

Brain disease

Encephalopathy

Inflammation of meninges

meningitis

inflammation of spinal cord

myelitis

Nervous system disease

Neuropathy

Inflammation of grey matter in spinal cord

poliomyelitis

an eating disorder, restricting food

Anorexia

psychiatric disorder of communication/pattern of interest

Autism

An eating disorder of overeating/vomit

Bulimia

paralysis caused by damage to brain of movement

cerebral palsy

A disease characterized by sudden, uncontrolled sleepiness

Narcolepsy

A mental illness characterized by delusions, etc

Schizophrenia

A nerve condition

Neurosis

A mind condition

Psychosis

A drug that causes loss of sensation

Anesthetic

A drug that relieves pain

Analgesic

A drug that opposes convulsions

Anticonvulsant

A drug that opposes psychosis

Antipsychotic

A drug that opposes anxiety

Anxiolytic

Removal of a piece of skull

Craniectomy

Incision into skull

Craniotomy

Removal of nerve

Neurectomy

Destruction/breakdown of nerve

Neurolysis

Nerve reconstruction

Neuroplasty

Suturing a nerve

Neurorrhaphy