Unit 5 Nervous System & Psychiatry
koilos (coel-)
Cavity, 4th ventricle
phrasis, phrase, lalein, logos, lexis
Speech
para
abnormal, alongside
proso
forward, before
temperament
mixture of humans
thymo
mood, low level depression
-plegia, palsy
paralysis
Arachn/o
spider
Cerebellum
the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance
Hallucinations
DNF
Most Important thing in antiquity
Most central part (Ventricles)
epidual
Pertaining upon the dural matter
Lobus, -i, pod; lob
Pre-cut fissure, can be clearly seen from everything else, like a lobe.
Gyrus
RING or CIRCLE. A convoluted ridge between anatomical grooves.
ganglion
TUMOR. A mass of nerve cells outside the spinal cord/nerved
dystonia
a condition of abnormal muscle tone that causes the impairment of voluntary muscle movement. excessively or no tension on the muscles
mental illness
a disorder that affects a person's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors
Praxis
a doing, an act.
Neuron
a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system. Made of the soma, axon, and dendron
amygdale, amygdala
almond, tonsil, amygdala
Lethe
amnesia
Efferent / -fugal
away from
axon
axis, axle. going away from (covered by myelin sheath)
Arachne was turned into a spider by Manerva after she
beat her in weaving
par-
behind/along side cerebellum (in the back of the brain).
Metencephalon
beyond the brain
soma, somo, somato
body
Soma
body of the neuron
Plexus
braid of nerves (network)
Ramus
branch (spinal nerves)
Pons, Pontis
bridge
concussus
concussion, shaken violently
Dystonia
condition of abnormal muscle tone. Tonos and spasmos
meninx, meningis
covering membrane of brain and spinal cord
delrium
de+lira, furrow
delusion vs delirium vs hallucinations vs dementia
delusion- belief that is different than reality delirium- deviant behavior hallucination- stimuli is not accurate
dyskinesia
difficult/faulty movement
Fossa
ditch, groove
Chorea
dyskinesia, dancing, dancing movement
limbic sytem (limbus)
edge, border
teleo
end
-philia
excitement/attraction for
syncope
fainting
Faciculus
fascis a bundle of sticks
phobia
fear
esis, esthesi/o, esthesia
feeling, sensation perception
parts of cerebrum
frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, cortex (dont need to know this i dont think)
Funiculus
funis, rope
Sulcus
furrow, shallow groove
Glia
glue
substantsia grisia
grey matter of the spinal cord
polios
grey/grey matter
kephale, cephal/o
head
complete paralysis of one side of the body
hemiplegia,
Cornu
horn (in grey matter of the brain)
Thalamus
inner room, chamber, anterior portion of the brain stem
Noos, nous (noe-)
intellect, mind
gnosis, gnomon
knowing, comprehension
-asthenia
lack of strength
nucleus, kernel
little nut (collection of nerves)
Hippocampus
looks like a seahorse
Mania
madness, frenzy, excessive (excessive excitement)
Nosos of the soma
mania, hydrophobia, phrenitis
mater, matris
membranes of the brain
mneme, mnesia
memory
dementia
mens, mind, ........ keep writing DNF
Mesencephalon
midbrain (middle)
arachnoid mater
middle layer of the meninges
Phren
midriff, diaphragm, mind
mens, mentis
mind (ex mental)
Pleio-
more or many
kineein, cineein, movere, motum
move/movement
nux, nucis
nut (collection of nerves)
epi-
on or upon
taxis
order, arrangement, coordination
Cortex, cortic/o
outer layer, rind, bark
tractus
pathway, a dragging
subdural
pertaining to below the dura mater
hedone
pleasure
prostho
prosthetic or forward, before
Pathos of the psyche
rage, lovesickness
ana
recall a memory
radix, radicis, rhiza
root; nerve root
lepsis
seizure
Rhombencephalon
shape of a rhombus
-paresis
slight paralysis
psyche
soul, mind
spasmos
spasm, convulsion, wrenching, involuntary contraction (dystonia)
logos, lexis
speech, word, read
notiaios myelos
spinal cord
sthen/o
strength
path
suffering/affection; disease, emotion
tonos
tension, stretching, tone (dystonia)
Fissure
to cut through groove, deeper than sulcus
deludere
to decieve, delusion
fugere
to flee
petere
to seek
afferent, -petal
towards
Dienchephalon
transbrain
dendron
tree, branched. afferent
Substantia alba
white stuff of the brain
encephal/o
whole brain
ergo
work
