Chapter 12 - Nervous System Flashcards
aesthesi/o
sensation, feeling
astr/o
star
cau/o
burn, burning
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum, brain
comat/o
coma
crani/o
skull
dendr/o
tree, branches
dur/o
dura mater
encephal/o
brain
gli/o
glue
gnos/o
knowledge
hydr/o
water
hypn/o
sleep
kinesi/o
movement, motion
kinet/o
movement, motion
lex/o
word, phrase
mening/o
meninges
meningi/o
meninges
myel/o
spinal cord
narc/o
stupor, sleep
neur/o
nerve
phas/o
speech
plex/o
network (of nerves)
psych/o
mind
rachi/o
spine
radic/o
nerve root
radicul/o
nerve root
somat/o
body
somn/i
sleep
spin/o
spine, thorn
spondyl/o
vertebra
syncop/o
cut short
tax/o
order, coordination
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath (meninges)
ventricul/o
ventricle
vertebr/o
vertebra, spine
bi-
two, twice, double
echo-
repeated, reflected sound
electro-
electrical
hemi-
half
para-
beside, near
polio-
grey matter
poly-
many, much
quadri-
four
tetra-
four
uni-
one
-aesthesia
sensation, feeling
-al
pertaining to
-algesia
condition of pain
-algia
condition of pain
-asthenia
condition of weakness, debility
-cele
hernia, protrusion
-form
having the form of
-kinesia
movement
-lepsy
seizure
-oma
tumour
-paresis
slight paralysis
-phasia
speech
-plegia
condition of paralysis
-praxia
achieve, to do
-rrhage
bursting forth, excessive discharge or flow
-us
thing, structure