Chapter 10 Nervous System Flashcards
Cerebell/o
Cerebellum
Cerebr/o
Cerebrum
Dur/o
Dura mater
Encephal/o
Brain
Gil/o
Glia cells
Lept/o
Thin, slender
Mening/o, meningi/o
Membranes, meninges
My/o
Muscle
Myel/o
Spinal cord
Neuro/o
Nerve
Pont/o
Pons
Radicul/o
Nerve root (of spinal nerves)
Thalam/o
Thalamas
Thec/o
Sheath (refers to meninges)
Vag/o
Vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
Alges/o, -algesia
Sensitivity to pain
-algia
Pain
Caus/o
Burning
Comat/o
Deep sleep
Esthesi/o, -esthesia
Feeling, nervous sensation
Kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
Movement
-lepsy
Seizure
Lex/o
Word, phrase
-paresis
Weakness
-phasia
Speech
-plegia
Paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
-praxia
Action
-sthenia
Strength
Syncop/o
To cut off, cut short
Tax/o
Order, coordination