Chapter 10 Key Terms

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acetylcholine
afferent nerve
arachnoid membrane
astrocyte
autonomic nervous system
axon
blood-brain barrier
brainstem
cauda equina
cell body
central nervous system (CNS)
cerebellum
cerebral cortex
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
cerebrum
cranial nerves
dendrite
dura mater
efferent nerve
ependymal cell
ganglion, ganglia
glial cells
gyrus, gyri
hypothalamus
medulla oblongata
meninges
microglial cell
motor nerves
myelin sheath
nerve
neuron
neurotransmitter
oligodendroglial cell
parasympathetic nerves
parenchyma
peripheral nervous system
pia mater
plexus, plexuses
pons
receptor
sciatic nerve

sensory nerve
stimulus, stimuli
stroma
sulcus, sulci
sympathetic nerve
synapse
thalamus
vagus nerve
ventricles of the brain

Terminology (pp. 356-361)

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cerebell/o
cerebr/o
dur/o
encephal/o
gli/o
lept/o
mening/o, meningi/o
my/o
myel/o
neur/o
pont/o
radicul/o
thalam/o
thec/o
vag/o
alges/o, -algesia
-algia
caus/o
comat/o
esthesi/o, -esthesia
kines/o, -kinesia
-kinesis, -kinetic
-lepsy
lex/o
-paresis
-phasia
-plegia
-praxia
-sthenia
syncop/o
tax/o

18. human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with

encephalopathy
19. Huntington disease
20. Hydrocephalus
21. ictal event
22. meningitis
23. migraine
24. multiple sclerosis (MS)
25. myasthenia gravis
26. occlusion
27. palliative
28. palsy
29. Parkinson disease
30. spina bifida
31. thymectomy
32. tic
33. tonic-clonic seizure
34. Tourette syndrome
35. Transient Ischemic Attack

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absence seizure
Alzheimer disease (AD)
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
aneurysm
astrocytoma
aura
brain tumor
cerebral concussion
cerebral contusion
cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
dementia
demyelination
dopamine
embolus
epilepsy
gait
herpes zoster (shingles)

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cerebral angiography
cerebrospinal fluid analysis
computed tomography (CT) of the brain
Doppler/ultrasound studies
electroencephalography (EEG)
lumbar (spinal) puncture (LP)
magnetic resonance imaging of the brain
myelography
positron emission tomography
stereotactic radiosurgery
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AD
AFP
ALS
AVM
BBB
CNS
CSF
CT
CVA
EEG
GABA
ICP
LP

MAC
MG
MRA
MRI
MS
P
PCA
PET
PNS
PSRS
Sz
TBI
TENS
TIA
TLE
tPA