Med Term-Neurologic disorders and anestiesia-related
Terms
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- axon
- axis
- gangli, ganglio
- knot, ganglion
- neur, neuro-
- nerve(s)
- Nucleus
- little kernel
- plexus
- braid, network
- radicle
- root, small branches
- synapse
- point of contact between neurons
- nerve: cranial # of
- 12 pairs
- nerve: spinal # of
- 31 pairs
- nerve cell, neuron: axon
- single process leading away from cell body
- nerve cell, neuron: cell body
- central part of neuron
- nerve cell, neuron: dendrite, dendron
- lead into cell body, receive message from previous dendrite
- nerve cell, neuron: effector
- responder, end of signal
- nerve cell, neuron: myelin sheath
- made of fat and protein, surrounds neuron
- nerve cell, neuron: neurilemma, neurolemma, sheath of Schwann
- holds myelin onto axon
- nerve cell, neuron: receptor
- responds to stimuli, starts message
- neuron type: afferent/sensory neurons
- messages toward brain
- neuron type: efferent/motor neurons
- messages away from brain
- roots of spinal nerves: doral (posterior) root
- contains afferent neurons
- roots of spinal nerves: ventral (anterior) root
- contains efferent neurons
- Bell's palsy
- disorder of 7th cranial nerve (facial nerve), paralysis of 1/2 of face
- causalgia
- post traumatic pain, sudden reoccurring pain
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- ascending flaccid paralysis
- herniated nucleus pulposus, h
- protrusion of disk
- neuroma
- tumor starting on nerve
- polyneuritis, polyneuropathy
- vitamin D deficiency, many nerves inflamed causes pain or numbness
- sciatic neuritis, sciatica
- herniated disk of lumbar region
- neurectomy
- cutting of nerve
- neuroanastomosis
- surgical communication between nerve fibers
- vagotomy
- cutting of vagus nerve, stop production of hydrochloric acid of stomach
- aural verigo
- disorder of inner ear causing dizziness
- paroxysmal pain
- sudden recurring pain
- trigeminal neuralgia, tic douloureux
- pain in frontal part of brain, brain freeze