Chapter 10. Nervous System - Combining Forms

Question 1

cerebell/o

Answer 1

cerebellum

Question 2

cerebr/o

Answer 2

cerebrum

Question 3

dur/o

Answer 3

dura mater

Question 4

encephal/o

Answer 4

brain

Question 5

gli/o

Answer 5

glial cells

Question 6

lept/o

Answer 6

thin, slender

Question 7

mening/o, meningi/o

Answer 7

membranes, meninges

Question 8

my/o

Answer 8

muscle

Question 9

myel/o

Answer 9

spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)

Question 10

neur/o

Answer 10

nerve

Question 11

pont/o

Answer 11

pons

Question 12

radicul/o

Answer 12

nerve root (of spinal nerves)

Question 13

thalam/o

Answer 13

thalamus

Question 14

thec/o

Answer 14

sheath (refers to the meninges)

Question 15

vag/o

Answer 15

vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

Question 16

alges/o, -algesia

Answer 16

excessive sensitivity to pain

Question 17

-algia

Answer 17

pain

Question 18

caus/o

Answer 18

burning

Question 19

comat/o

Answer 19

deep sleep (coma)

Question 20

esthesi/o, -esthesia

Answer 20

feeling, nervous sensation

Question 21

kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, kinetic

Answer 21

movement

Question 22

-lepsy

Answer 22

seizure

Question 23

lex/o

Answer 23

word, phrase

Question 24

-paresis

Answer 24

weakness

Question 25

-phasia

Answer 25

speech

Question 26

-plegia

Answer 26

paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)

Question 27

-praxia

Answer 27

action

Question 28

-sthenia

Answer 28

strength

Question 29

syncop/o

Answer 29

to cut off, cut short

Question 30

tax/o

Answer 30

order, coordination