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Nervous System Overview & Medical Terms pertaining to the Nervous System including Pathological Conditions

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In the term Dyphasia, the prefix means

difficult

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Conducts impulses towards the cell body

dendrites

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The root word radicul/o

root

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The root word tax/o

order

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The root word caus/o

burning

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The root word thec/o

sheath

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The root word dendr/o

branches

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Surgical removal of the bony arches from one or more vertebrae is known as

laminectomy

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A reoccurring, pulsating, vascular headache that usually develops on one side of the head, often preceded by an aura

migraine

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Measurement of electrical activity produced by the brain and recorded through electrodes placed on the scalp

EEG - electroencephalography

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The term that describes "without speech" ( say it and spell it out )

aphasia

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In the term Craniotomy, the suffix means

incision into

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In the term Myelography, the root word means bone marrow? True or False

True

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The weblike middle layer of the meninges

arachnoid layer

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What nerves carry impulses from the CNS to the body

Efferent

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A broken segment of the skull thrust into the brain as a result of direct force

depressed skull fracture

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