3 nervous system med terms Flashcards
Act-
motion
Caus/o, Caust/o
burning, burn
Cerebr/o
cerebrum, brain
Cephal/o
head
Concuss/o
shaken together, violently agitated
Contus/o
bruise
Dendr/o
branching, resembling a tree
-dural
pertaining to dura mater
Encephal/o
brain
-esthesia, esthesi/o
sensation, feeling
Esthet/o
feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
Extra-
on the outside, beyond, outside
Infundibul/o
funnel
-lemma
sheath, covering
-lepsy
seizure
Mening/o, Meningi/o
membranes, meninges
Myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
Neur/i, Neuro/o
nerve, nerve tissue
-phasia
speech
-phobia, phob/o
abnormal fear
Psych/o
mind
Radicul/o
root or nerve root
Soma-, Somat/o
body
Spin/o
backbone, spine
Syn-
together, with
Synaps/o, Synapt/o
point of contact
Thalam/o
thalamus
-tion
process, state or quality of
-tropic
having an affinity for
Acous/o, Acoust/o
hearing, sound
Aud-, Aud/o, Audit/o, Aur/I, Aur/o, Ot/o
ear, hearing
Bin-
two
Blephar/o
eyelid
Canth/o
corner of the eye
Cerumin/o
cerumen, earwax
Chromat/o
color
-cusis
hearing
Dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac, tear sac
Dipl/o
double
Ir/I, Ir/o, Irid/o, Irit/o
iris, colored part of eye
Kerat/o
horny, hard, cornea
Labyrinth/o
inner ear
Lacrim/o, Dacry/o
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
Mon/o
one, single
Myring/o, Tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
Noci-
causing harm or damage
Olfact/o
smell, sense of smell
Opt/o, Ophthalm/o
eye, vision
-opia
vision condition
-pexy
surgical fixation
Phac/o, Phak/o
lens of eye
Phot/o
light
Pinn/i
external ear, auricle
Presby/o
old age
Propri/o
one’s own
Retin/o
retina, net
Scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
Trop/o
turn, change
Xer/o
dryness