Chap. 9 Nervous System Word Parts Flashcards
anxi/o
anxious;uneasy
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebro/o
cerebrum
contus/o
to bruise
crani/o
skull
dur/o
dura matter
encephal/o
brain
esthes/o or esthesio
nervous sensation
gli/o
give
hydr/o
water
hypn/o
sleep
isch/o
back; to hold back
lamin/o
lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)
lex/o
word
medull/o
medulla oblongota
mening/o meningi/o
meninges
neur/o
nerve
phas/o
speech
phob/o
fear
phren/o
mind
pol/o
extreme
poli/o
grey matter
pont/o
pons
psych/o
mind
radicul/o
nerve root
schiz/o
split
somat/o
body
synaps/o or synapt/o
point of contact; to join
syncope/o
to cut off; cut short; faint
tax/o
coordination; order
tempor/o
the temples
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath (meninges)
traumat/o
trauma; injury; wound
troph/o
development; nourishment
ventricul/o
ventricle
bi-
two; both
con-
together; with
dys-
painful
en-
in; within
epi-
on; over; upon
hemi
half
intra-
within; into
mono-
one; single
par- or para-
near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
poly-
many; much
post
after behind
quadri
four
sub-
below; under
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
hernia; swelling; protrusion
-e
no meaning
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
-esthesia
feeling; sensation
-lepsy
seizure
-leptic
to seize; take hold of
-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
-paraesis
weakness
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhagic
pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
-taxia
muscle condition
-tropic
turning