Ch 13 - Nervous (with Eye, Ear) Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes Flashcards
1
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arachn/o
A
spider
2
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serebr/o
A
cerebrum; brain
3
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crani/o
A
cranium; skull
4
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dendr/o
A
branching; dendrite
5
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electr/o
A
electricity
6
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encephal/o
A
brain
7
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gli/o
A
neuroglia; nerve cell
8
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hydr/o
A
water; fluid
9
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mening/o
A
meninges
10
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myel/o
A
spinal cord
also bone marrow
11
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
12
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olig/o
A
few; diminished
13
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quadr/i
A
four
14
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thec/o
A
sheath
15
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thromb/o
A
clot
16
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vascul/o
A
blood vessels
17
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ventricul/o
A
ventricle
18
Q
dura-
A
hard
19
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echo-
A
sound
20
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-algia
A
pain
21
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-malacia
A
softening
22
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-paresis
A
partial paralysis
23
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-pathy
A
disease
24
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-plegia
A
paralysis
25
aque/o
watery
26
blast/o
immature
27
blephar/o
eyelid
28
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
29
corne/o
cornea
30
dacry/o
tears
31
dacryocyst/o
tear sac
32
dipl/o
double
33
fund/o
fundus; base
34
glauc/o
silver; gray
35
ir/o; irid/o
iris
36
kerat/o
cornea
37
lacrim/o
tears
38
ocul/o
eye
39
ophthalm/o
eye
40
opt/o
eye; vision
41
palpebr/o
eyelid
42
phac/o; phak/o
lens
43
phot/o
light
44
pupill/o
pupil
45
retin/o
retina
46
scler/o
sclera; hard
47
uve/o
uvea
48
vitre/o
glassy; jelly-like
49
ect-
outside; out
50
en-; eso-
in; inward
51
ex-
out; outward
52
presby-
aging; old
53
-metry
to measure
54
-opia
vision
55
-tropia; -tropion
to turn; turning
56
acoust/o
hearing
57
auci/o
hearing; sound
58
cochle/o
cochlea
59
labyrinth/o
inner ear; labyrinth
60
laryng/o
larynx
61
myc/o
fungus
62
myring/o
eardrum; tympanic membrane
63
-algia
pain
64
-cusis; -cusia
hearing
65
-plasty
surgical repair
66
-(r)rhea
flow; discharge
