Chapter 10 (Word Parts)

Question 1

caus/o

Answer 1

burning or burn

Question 2

cerebr/o

Answer 2

cerebrum or brain

Question 3

concuss/o

Answer 3

shaken together or violently agitated

Question 4

contus/o

Answer 4

bruise

Question 5

encephal/o

Answer 5

brain

Question 6

-esthesia

Answer 6

sensation or feeling

Question 7

esthet/o

Answer 7

feeling, nervous sensation, or sense of perception

Question 8

-graphy

Answer 8

process of producing, picture or record

Question 9

mening/o

Answer 9

meninges or membranes

Question 10

myel/o

Answer 10

spinal cord or bone marrow

Question 11

neur/i, neur/o

Answer 11

nerve or nerve tissue

Question 12

phobia

Answer 12

abnormal fear

Question 13

psych/o

Answer 13

mind

Question 14

radicul/o

Answer 14

root or nerve root

Question 15

tropic

Answer 15

having an affinity for

Question 16

dur/o

Answer 16

dura mater

Question 17

thalam/o

Answer 17

thalamus

Question 18

hypothalam/o

Answer 18

hypothalamus

Question 19

cerebell/o

Answer 19

cerebellum

Question 20

cephal/o

Answer 20

head

Question 21

en-

Answer 21

inside (as in encephal/o = brain)

Question 22

crani/o

Answer 22

cranium or skull bones

Question 23

electr/o

Answer 23

electrical

Question 24

kinesi/o

Answer 24

movement

Question 25

-kinesia, -kinesis

Answer 25

movement

Question 26

-plegia

Answer 26

paralysis

Question 27

-phasia

Answer 27

speech, speak

Question 28

-taxia

Answer 28

coordination

Question 29

-pathy

Answer 29

any disease of

Question 30

-lysis

Answer 30

destruction, freeing from adhesions

Question 31

-tripsy

Answer 31

crushing, surgical crushing

Question 32

-malacia

Answer 32

abnormal softening

Question 33

-gram

Answer 33

the record

Question 34

-graphy

Answer 34

process of recording

Question 35

-graph

Answer 35

instrument used to record

Question 36

-oma

Answer 36

tumor, swelling

Question 37

a-, an-

Answer 37

absence of, lack of, without

Question 38

epi-

Answer 38

upon, over

Question 39

brady-

Answer 39

abnormally slow

Question 40

tachy-

Answer 40

abnormally fast

Question 41

hemi-

Answer 41

half

Question 42

apoplexy

Answer 42

stroke, CVA

Question 43

Name the two types of stokes.

Answer 43

ischemic and hemorrhagic (TIAs, mini strokes)

Question 44

-aphasia

Answer 44

inability to speak, write or comprehend the written word