Medical Terminology: Nervous System
Medical terminology related to the Nervous System (based on Chabner's Language of Medicine text)
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- nerve cell
- Abbreviation for peripheral nervous system
- Abbreviation for central nervous system
- A large network of nerves in the peripheral nervous system
- Chemical substance in the synapse that stimulate or inhibits nerve impulses
- Another name for "motor nerves" which carry the impulses FROM CNS to organs, glands & muscles
- Another name for nerves that carry impulses TO brain & spinal cord from stimulus receptors like eyes/ears/skin
- The name for the connective or supportive tissue of an organ
- Tissue or cells that perform the "essential" functions of an organ or system
- Another name for a star-shaped astroglial cell
- A type of stroma or glial cell that has scanty or few dendrites
- The largest portion of the brain
- The ridges or folds of the cerebral cortex
- The grooves or valleys between the gyri of the cerebrum
- Spaces or canals within the cerebrum that contain watery fluid
- The lobe of the cerebrum located behind the forehead
- The lobes of the cerebrum located beneath the temples
- Lobe of the cerebrum located toward the lower back of the head
- "Horse's tail" of nerves below end of spinal cord
- Long tail-like, myelin-covered fiber of nerve cell that carries impulses away from cell body
- Three-layered membrane surrounding the brain
- Latin for "hard mother", this is the outermost layer of the meninges
- Greek for "spider"-like, this is the middle layer of the meninges
- Thin, delicate, innermost layer of the meninges
- Outer region of cerebrum
- Division of autonomic nervous system responsible for the "fight or "flight" responses of body
- Whitish, fatty tissue covering axon which speeds conduction of impulses
- Term used for 1 half of the brain
- The branch-like fibers of nerve cell which are 1st to receive nerve impulses
- Gland below the thalamus that's responsible for body temperature, sleep, appetite & emotions
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