Chapter 10: Nervous System: Combining Forms Flashcards
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
dur/o
dura mater
encephal/o
brain
gli/o
glial cells
lept/o
thin, slender
mening/o
membranes, meninges
meningi/o
membranes, meninges
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord
or bone marrow in other contexts
neur/o
nerve
pont/o
pons
radicul/o
nerve root (of spinal nerves)
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
refers to the meninges
vag/o
vagus nerve
10th cranial nerve
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
caus/o
burning
comat/o
deep sleep (coma)
esthesi/o
feeling, nervous sensation
kines/o
movement
kinesi/o
movement
lex/o
word, phrase
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short
tax/o
order, coordination
angi/o
vessel (blood)
cephal/o
head
crani/o
skull
cry/o
cold
hydr/o
water
narc/o
numbness, stupor, sleep
olig/o
scanty
spin/o
spine (backbone)
troph/o
nourishment, development