Chapter 10 Flashcards
Nervous System
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
angi/o
vessel (blood)
caus/o
burn, burning
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
comat/o
deep sleep
crani/o
skull
cry/o
cold
dur/o
dura matter
encephal/o
brain
esthesi/o
nervous sensation (feeling)
gli/o
glial cells, neuroglial cells (supportive tissue of nervous systems)
hydr/o
water
kines/o, kinsei/o
movement
lept/o
thin, slender
lex/o
word, phrase
mening/o, meningi/o
meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord and brain)
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
narc/o
sleep, numbness, stupor
neur/o
nerve
olig/o
scanty
pont/o
pons (a part of the brain)
radicul/o
nerve root
spin/o
spine (backbone)
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short, faint
tax/o
order, coordination
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
troph/o
nourishment, development
vag/o
vagus nerve
a-, an-
no, not without
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
epi-
above, upon, on