Chapter 10- Nervous System

Question 1

What is cerebell/o?

Answer 1

cerebellum

Question 2

What is cerebr/o?

Answer 2

cerebrum

Question 3

What is dur/o?

Answer 3

dura matter

Question 4

What is encephalo/o?

Answer 4

brain

Question 5

What is gli/o?

Answer 5

glial cells

Question 6

What is lept/o?

Answer 6

thin, slender

Question 7

What is mening/o, meningi/o?

Answer 7

membranes, meninges

Question 8

What is my/o?

Answer 8

muscle

Question 9

What is myel/o?

Answer 9

spinal cord

Question 10

What is neur/o?

Answer 10

nerve

Question 11

What is pont/o?

Answer 11

pons

Question 12

What is radicul/o?

Answer 12

nerve root of spinal nerves

Question 13

What is thalam/o?

Answer 13

thalamus

Question 14

What is thec/o?

Answer 14

sheath

Question 15

What is vag/o?

Answer 15

vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

Question 16

What is alges/o, -algesia?

Answer 16

sensitivity to pain

Question 17

What is -algia?

Answer 17

pain

Question 18

What is caus/o?

Answer 18

burning

Question 19

What is comat/o?

Answer 19

deep sleep (coma)

Question 20

What is esthesi/o, -esthisia?

Answer 20

feeling, nervous sensation (anESTHESIA- no feeling, no pain)

Question 21

What is kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic?

Answer 21

movement (KINETIC ENERGY)

Question 22

What is -lepsy?

Answer 22

seziure

Question 23

What is lex/o?

Answer 23

word, phrase

Question 24

What is -paresis?

Answer 24

weakness

Question 25

What is -phasia?

Answer 25

speech

Question 26

What is -plegia?

Answer 26

paralysis

Question 27

What is -praxia?

Answer 27

action

Question 28

What is -sthenia?

Answer 28

strength

Question 29

What is syncop/o?

Answer 29

to cut off, cut short

Question 30

What is tax/o?

Answer 30

order, coordination