Chapter 15 Combining Forms Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Cerebro/o

A

Cerebrum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Crani/o

A

Cranium

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Encephal/o

A

Brain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Gangli/o

A

Ganglion (knot or knot-like mass)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Gil/o

A

Glue; neuroglial tissue

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Kinesi/o

A

Movement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Lept/o

A

Thin, slender

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Lex/o

A

Word, phrase

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Mening/o meningi/o

A

Meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Myel/o

A

Bone marrow ; spinal cord

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Narc/o

A

Stupor; numbness; sleep

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Neur/o

A

Nerve

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Radicul/o

A

Nerve root

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Sthen/o

A

Strength

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Thalam/o

A

Thalamus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Thec/o

A

Sheath (usually referring to the meninges)

17
Q

Ton/o

A

Tension

18
Q

Ventricul/o

A

Ventricle (of the heart or brain)