Ch 9 Components Flashcards
Esthes/o
Sensation
Encephal/o
Brain
Electr/o
Electricity
Ech/o
Sound wave
Esthesi/o
Sensation
Cerebr/o
Largest part of brain
Alges/o
Pain
Anti-
Against
-cele
Hernia, swelling
Audit/o
Hearing
Gloss/o
Tongue
In-
In, not
-ous
Pertaining to
Narc/o
Sleep, stupor
Inter-
Between
Hemi-
Half
Thec/o
Sheath
End-
Within
Cephaly
Head condition
craini/o
Skull
Hydr/o
Water
a-
No, not, without
tax/o
Coordination
cephal/o
Head
sedat/o
Calm
Lysis
Destruction, separation
EEG
electroencephalogram
-ectomy
Excision
Cerebell/o
Little brain
ven/o
Vein
Surg/o
To operate
Pleg/o
Paralysis
Epi-
Above, upon
-tome
An instrument to cut
-ery
Process of
Drome
To run, running
Para-
Near, beside, abnormal
Pharyng/o
Throat
-ive
Quality of
Arteri/o
Artery
Re-
Again, back, backward
miss/o
To send
Poly-
Much, many
Hemat/o
Blood
troph/o
Development
quadri-
Four
-oid
Resembling
Pathet/o
Suffering
Ment/o
Mind
gil/o
Glue
Therapy
Treatment
Par-
Near, beside, abnormal
somat/o
Body
sym-
together
Paresis
Weakness
-in
Chemical compound
-al
Pertaining to
astr/o
Star
dur/o
Dura mater
Thorac/o
Chest
Somn/o
Sleep
-eal
Pertaining to
syn-
Together, with
de-
Without, away from
di-
Two
-ion
Action, condition
viscer/o
Internal organs
Arachn/o
Spider
-graphy
Process of recording
cervic/o
Neck
-lysis
Destruction, separation
Spondyl/o
Vertebrae
angi/o
Blood vessel
Intra-
Within
Mening/o
Covering of brain and spinal cord
arter/o
Artery
Brachy-
Short
-lemma
Covering
Hypo-
Deficient, below
Sub-
Below
-lepsy
Seizure
-ory
Having the function of
Spin/o
Spine
-ia
Condition
Trophy
Development
Neur/o
Nerve
Myel/o
Spinal cord, bone marrow