Ch 5 - Nervous Sys Combining Forms

Question 1

cephal/o

Answer 1

head

cephalalgia = pain of the head

Question 2

cerebell/o

Answer 2

cerebellum

cerebellitis = inflammation of the cerebellum

Question 3

cerebr/o

encephal/o

Answer 3

brain

cerebrovascular = pertaining to the brain and vessels
encephalocele = hernia of the brain

Question 4

gangli/o

Answer 4

ganglion

ganglioma = tumor of a ganglion

Question 5

gli/o

Answer 5

glue, gluelike

glioma = gluelike tumor

Question 6

lex/o

Answer 6

word, phrase

dyslexia = bad, painful or difficult words or phrases

Question 7

mening/o;

meningi/o

Answer 7

meninges

meningitis = inflammation of the meninges

Question 8

myel/o

Answer 8

spinal cord, bone marrow

myelography = process of recording the spinal cord or bone marrow

Question 9

narc/o

Answer 9

sleep; stupor

narcolepsy = seizure of sleep or stupor

Question 10

neur/o

Answer 10

nerve

neurocytoma = tumor of a nerve cell

Question 11

phas/o

Answer 11

speech

aphasia = absence of speech

Question 12

psych/o

Answer 12

mind

psychiatry = field of medicine of the mind

Question 13

radicul/o

Answer 13

nerve root

radiculopathy = disease of a nerve root

Question 14

spin/o

Answer 14

spine

spinal stenosis = abnormal condition of narrowing or stricture of the spinal cord

Question 15

sthen/o

Answer 15

strength

myasthenia = condition of absence of muscle strength

Question 16

thalam/o

Answer 16

thalamus

thalamotomy = cutting into or incision of the thalamus

Question 17

ton/o

Answer 17

tension, tone

tonometer = measuring instrument for tension

Question 18

ventricul/o

Answer 18

ventricle

ventriculoscopy = visual exam of a ventricle