Chapter 10 - Terminology Flashcards
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
angi/o
vessel
caus/o
burn; burning
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
comat/o
deep sleep
crani/o
skull
cry/o
cold
dur/o
dura mater
encephal/o
brain
esthesi/o
nervous senstation
gli/o
glial cells
hydr/o
water, fluid
kines/o, kinesi/o
movement
lept/o
thin, slender
lex/o
word, phrase
mening/o, meningi/o
meninges
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
narc/o
night
neur/o
nerve
olgi/o
scanty
pont/o
pons
radicul/o
nerve root
spin/o
spine
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
hemi-
half
intra-
within, into
para-
to bear, bring forth
polio-
grey matter
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
-blast
embryonic, immature cell
-esthesia
nervous sensation
-ine
chemical, substance, chemical compound
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
movement
-lepsy
seizure
-ose
full of, pertaining to
-paresis
weakness
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-praxia
action
-ptosis
droop, sag, prolapse
-sthenia
strength
-trophy
nourishment, development