Chapter 15 Flashcards
1
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
2
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum, brain
3
Q
dur/o
A
hard, dura matter
4
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
5
Q
gangli/o, ganglion/o
A
ganglion
6
Q
mening/i, mening/o (Note: both i and o are used as combining vowels with mening/)
A
meninges
7
Q
myel/o (Note: myel/o also means bone marrow)
A
spinal cord
8
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
9
Q
radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o
A
nerve root (proximal end of a peripheral nerve, closest to the spinal cord)
10
Q
esthesi/o
A
sensation, sensitivity, feeling
11
Q
ment/o, phren/o, psych/o
A
mind
12
Q
mon/o
A
one
13
Q
phas/o
A
speech
14
Q
poli/o
A
gray matter
15
Q
quadr/i (Note: an i is the combining vowel in quadr/i)
A
four
