Central Nervous System Flashcards
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum, brain
dur/o
hard, dura mater
encephal/o
brain
gangli/o
gangliiion
mening/i, mening/o
meninges
myel/o
spinal cord
neur/o
nerve
radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o
nerve root
esthesi/o
sensation, sensitivity, feeling
mon/o
one
phas/o
speech
poli/o
gray matter
psych/o, ment/o, phren/o
mind
quadr/i
four
hemi-
half
pre-
before
tetra-
four
-iatry
physician, treatment
-ictal
seizure, attack
-paresis
slight paralysis
cerebellitis
inflammation of the cerebellum
cerebral thrombosis
condition of a blood clot in the cerebrum
duritis
inflammation of the dura mater
encephalitis
inflammation of the brain
encephalomalacia
softening of the brain
meningitis
inflammation of the meninges
meningocele
protrusion of the meninges (through a defect in the skull or vertebral column)