Central Nervous System Flashcards
CNS
central nervous system
encephal/o
brain
cephal/o
head, crown
crani/o
skull
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cognitive
our ability (or lack of) to think, learn, and memorize
mening/o, mening/i
meniges (layers around the brain and spinal cord)
radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o
nerve root
mon/o
one
neur/o
nerve
-pathy
disease
mononeuropathy
condition that affects a single nerve
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
sensory organs
ears, eyes, nose, skin (touch), tongue
anesthesiologist
specialist who controls medication to put someone asleep
-an
without
esthesi/o
feeling
psychologist
specialist of the mind, emotions
psych/o
mind, emotions
-iatrist
specialist
-iatry
study of, field of
conscious
being alert, awake, aware, responsive