Chapter 9 Aids To Understanding Words

Question 0

Dendr

Answer 0

Tree

Question 1

Ax

Answer 1

Axis

Question 2

Funi

Answer 2

Small cord or fiber

Question 3

Gangli

Answer 3

A swelling

Question 4

Lemm

Answer 4

Rind or peel

Question 5

Mening

Answer 5

Membrane

Question 6

Moto

Answer 6

Moving

Question 7

Peri

Answer 7

Around

Question 8

Plex

Answer 8

Interweaving

Question 9

Sens

Answer 9

Feeling

Question 10

Syn

Answer 10

Together

Question 11

Ventr

Answer 11

Belly or stomach

Question 12

Cylindrical nerve fiber that carries impulses away from a neuron cell body

Answer 12

Axon

Question 14

Branched nerve cell process that serves as a receptor surface of a neuron

Answer 14

Dendrites

Question 15

Major nerve tract or bundle of myelinated nerve cell axons within the spinal cord

Answer 15

Funiculus

Question 16

Mass of neuron cell bodies

Answer 16

Ganglion

Question 17

Sheath that surrounds the myelin of a nerve cell axon

Answer 17

Neurilemma

Question 18

Membranous coverings of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 18

Meninges

Question 19

Neuron that stimulates a muscle to contract or a gland to secrete

Answer 19

Motor neuron

Question 20

Portion of the nervous system that consists of nerves branching from the brain and spinal cord

Answer 20

Peripheral nervous system

Question 21

Mass of specialized capillaries associated with spaces in the brain

Answer 21

Choroid plexus

Question 22

Neuron that conducts impulses into the brain or spinal cord

Answer 22

Sensory Neuron

Question 23

Junction between two neurons

Answer 23

Synapse

Question 24

Fluid-filled space within the brain

Answer 24

Ventricle