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12 Nervous System
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
■ Identify and define the combining forms and suffixes introduced in this
chapter.
■ Correctly spell and pronounce medical terms and major anatomical
structures relating to the nervous system.
■ Locate and describe the major organs of the nervous system and their
functions.
■ Describe the components of a neuron.
■ Distinguish between the central nervous system, peripheral nervous
system, and autonomic nervous system.
■ Build and define nervous system medical terms from word parts.
■ Identify and define nervous system vocabulary terms.
■ Identify and define selected nervous system pathology terms.
■ Identify and define selected nervous system diagnostic procedures.
■ Identify and define selected nervous system therapeutic procedures.
■ Identify and define selected medications relating to the nervous system.
■ Define selected abbreviations associated with the nervous system.
