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- 1. NERVOUS SYSTEM SUFFIXES: -TAXIA AND -PHASIA CHIMAOBI IBEABUCHI
- 2. PURPOSE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM • Send, receive and respond to messages through out the body so that the body may respond in a certain way depending on conditions. • Controlling body function • Controls sensory • Contains the brain, spinal cord and nerves
- 3. IMPORTANCE OF SUFFIX IN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY • Suffixes are important in medical terminology because they can be used to complete medical terms • For example the suffix –logy (which means the study of) can be combined with bio ( which means life) to create the word biology, which means the study of life.
- 4. SUFFIX -PHASIA • The suffix -phasia means speech • A word with the suffix phasia would be aphasia • Aphasia is the inability to verbally or in writing with anyone
- 5. APHASIA • Usually caused by a brain injury such as a stroke • More common among older adults • People with aphasia have difficulty understanding words and speaking • There is no cure for aphasia but carrying props and drawing pictures are ways to get around with aphasia • Also speaking very slowly has been proven to help
- 6. SUFFIX -TAXIA • The suffix –taxia means muscle coordination • A condition that contains the suffix taxia would be ataxia • Ataxia is the lack of muscle coordination
- 7. ATAXIA • Usually due to damage to the cerebellum and sensory nerves • People with ataxia have trouble moving their body parts the way the would want to, or even moving when an individual isn’t trying to move them. • The main group who may be at risk for ataxia are adults but this disease is rare. • Treatment may include physical therapy and occupational therapy to go through hand and eye coordination exercises and also strengthening because if you cannot control the muscles you would like to use, most likely they are getting weaker, so strengthening may help.
- 8. SOURCES • An Overview of Aphasia. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/brain/aphasia-causes-symptoms-types-treatments • Ataxia: What Are the Types? (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/brain/ataxia-types-brain-and-nervous-system#2 • Fremgen, B. F., & Frucht, S. S. (2016). Medical terminology: a living language. Boston: Pearson.