Chap. 9 Nervous System Word Parts Flashcards
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anxi/o
A
anxious;uneasy
2
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cephal/o
A
head
3
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
4
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cerebro/o
A
cerebrum
5
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contus/o
A
to bruise
6
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crani/o
A
skull
7
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dur/o
A
dura matter
8
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encephal/o
A
brain
9
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esthes/o or esthesio
A
nervous sensation
10
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gli/o
A
give
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hydr/o
A
water
12
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hypn/o
A
sleep
13
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isch/o
A
back; to hold back
14
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lamin/o
A
lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)
15
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lex/o
A
word
16
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medull/o
A
medulla oblongota
17
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mening/o meningi/o
A
meninges
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neur/o
A
nerve
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phas/o
A
speech
20
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phob/o
A
fear
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phren/o
A
mind
22
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pol/o
A
extreme
23
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poli/o
A
grey matter
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pont/o
A
pons
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psych/o
mind
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radicul/o
nerve root
27
schiz/o
split
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somat/o
body
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synaps/o or synapt/o
point of contact; to join
30
syncope/o
to cut off; cut short; faint
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tax/o
coordination; order
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tempor/o
the temples
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thalam/o
thalamus
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thec/o
sheath (meninges)
35
traumat/o
trauma; injury; wound
36
troph/o
development; nourishment
37
ventricul/o
ventricle
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bi-
two; both
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con-
together; with
40
dys-
painful
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en-
in; within
42
epi-
on; over; upon
43
hemi
half
44
intra-
within; into
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mono-
one; single
46
par- or para-
near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
47
poly-
many; much
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post
after behind
49
quadri
four
50
sub-
below; under
51
-asthenia
weakness
52
-cele
hernia; swelling; protrusion
53
-e
no meaning
54
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
55
-esthesia
feeling; sensation
56
-lepsy
seizure
57
-leptic
to seize; take hold of
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-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening
59
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
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-paraesis
weakness
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-phasia
speech
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-plegia
paralysis
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-rrhagic
pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhaphy
suture
65
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
66
-taxia
muscle condition
67
-tropic
turning
