NERVOUS SYSTEM TERMINOLOGY

encephalatrophyencephaloceleencephalomaencephalomeningitisencephalometerencephalomyelitisencephalomyeloneuropathyencephalotomyencephalotomeencephalorrhagiacephal/o- headhydrocephaluscephalgiacephaledemacephalhematocelecephalhematomacephalocentesiscephalodyniacephaloplegiacephaloscopecephalotomecephalotomymyel/o- medulla (also marrow)myelomalaciaamyeliaatelomyeliamicromyeliamyelalgiamyelatrophymyelitismyelographymyelomamyeloneuritismyelopathymyelopoiesismyelorrhagiamyelorrhaphymyelosarcomamyelin/o- myelin (Schwann cells)myelination

myelinogenesismyelinolysismyelinosisdemyelinationneur/o- nerveneuronneuralgianeurodynianeurectasisneuroplastyneurorrhaphyneurotomyneurologyneurologistneurastheniapolyneuritisneuromaneuroglianeurectomyneurotraumaneuromalacianeurotransmitterneurosurgeonneurotherapyneurilemmaneuroarthropathyradic/o- radicul/o- nerve rootradicotomyradiculitisradiculalgiaradiculopathypsych/o- mindpsychosispsychiatrypsychogenicpsychologypsychopathicpsychosomaticpsychologistpsychic

psychiatristpsychogrampsychographpsychometrypsychotherapypsychosomaticment/o- mindmentalmental illnessmental retardationMA = mental agementality-paresis slight paralysishemiparesismonoparesis-plegia paralysis, strokehemiplegiamonoplegiapanplegiaquadriplegiatetraplegiaparaplegiagangli/o- ganglion/- swelling, ganglion (pl=ganglia)gangliomagangliitisgangliectomygangliocytomaganglioplegiaganglioneuromaganglionitismening/i- mening/o- meninges (membrane)meningitismeningocelemeningomyelitismeningorrhaphymeningioma

meningoencephalitismeningomalaciameningopathymeningorrhagiameningorrheaesthesi/o- sensationanesthesiahyperesthesiaesthesiologyphas/o- speechaphasiadysphasiapoli/o- gray matterpoliomyelitispoliomyelopathypoliovirusphren/o- mind (also diaphragm)phrenopathyphrenalgiaphrenologistphrenologyschizophrenia:catatonicparanoidscler/o- hardamyotrophic lateral sclerosismultiple sclerosisRELATED TERMS:Guillain-Barre' syndromeAlzheimer's diseaseLou Gehrig's diseaseHuntington's ChoreaepilepsyParkinson's disease

Reye's syndromesciaticashinglesspina bifidaBell's PalsyCTCATPETMRIbrain scanventriculogramlumbar puncture=spinal tapataxiacomaconcussionconsciousunconsciousconvulsionseizuresyncopeshuntparalysis: spastic / flaccidplexusgyrus (pl=gyri)sulcus (pl=sulci)ventricleschoroid plexusforamen of Monroaqueduct of Sylvusforamen of Magendieforamen of Luschkabrainstemponsmedulla oblongataspinal corddura materarachnoidpia matermidbrainhemispherescortexconvolutionsfissurelobes:frontalparietal

occipitaltemporalcauda equinaCNSPNSautonomicsympatheticparasympatheticamnesiaautismdeliriumdepressionantidepressantseuphoriahallucinationmigrainestuportic doulourextremoragnosiaagraphiadyslexiadementianeuroglia:Schwann cellsoligodendrocytesmicrogliaastrocytesependymalsatellite cellsaxondendritesneurofibrilsNissl bodiesirritabilityconductivitysensory/afferentmotor/efferentinterneurons/associative/connectingbipolarmultipolarunipolarregenerationsynapsesodium pumpsynaptic vesicles

eceptoreffectorreflex arc