Chapter 12 [Nervous System and Mental Health] Word Parts Flashcards
1
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alges/o
A
sense of pain
2
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astr/o
A
star
3
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centr/o
A
center
4
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
5
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
6
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clon/o
A
rapid contracting and relaxing
7
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concuss/o
A
to shake violently
8
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
9
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encephal/o
A
brain
10
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esthesi/o
A
sensation, feeling
11
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gli/o
A
glue
12
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medull/o
A
medulla oblongata
13
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mening/o
A
meninges
14
Q
-paresis
A
weakness
15
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-phasia
A
speech
16
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-taxia
A
muscle coordination
17
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meningi/o
A
meninges
18
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ment/o
A
mind
19
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myel/o
A
spinal cord
20
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
21
Q
peripher/o
A
away from center
22
Q
poli/o
A
gray matter
23
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pont/o
A
pons
24
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radicul/o
A
nerve root
25
thalam/o
thalamus
26
thec/o
sheath (meninges)
27
tom/o
to cut
28
ton/o
tone
29
ventricul/o
ventricle
30
angi/o
vessel
31
hydr/o
water
32
isch/o
to hold back
33
-asthenia
weakness
34
-paresis
weakness
35
-cele
protrusion
36
-phasia
speech
37
-taxia
muscle coordination
38
-trophic
pertaining to development
39
amnes/o
forgetfulness
40
anxi/o
fear, worry
41
compuls/o
drive, compel
42
delus/o
false belief
43
depress/o
to press down
44
hallucin/o
imagined perception
45
klept/o
to steal
46
ment/o
mind
47
narc/o
stupor, sleep
48
neur/o
nerve
49
obsess/o
besieged by thoughts
50
phob/o
irrational fear
51
phren/o
mind
52
psych/o
mind
53
pyr/o
fire
54
schiz/o
split
55
soci/o
society
56
-iatrist
physician
57
-jatry
medical treatment
58
-lepsy
seizure
59
-mania
frenzy
60
-phoria
condition to bear
