1
Q
anxi/o
A
anxious; uneasy
2
Q
cephal/o
A
head
3
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
pg. 243
the one with thin lines
4
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
pg. 243
the whole big squiggles on the brain
5
Q
contus/o
A
to bruise
6
Q
crani/o
A
skull
7
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
the outer layer of meninges
8
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
9
Q
esthes/o or esthesi/o
A
nervous sensation
10
Q
gli/o
A
glue
11
Q
hydr/o
A
water
12
Q
hypn/o
A
sleep
13
Q
isch/o
A
back; to hold back
14
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)
15
Q
lex/o
A
word
16
Q
medull/o
A
medulla oblongata
pg. 243
17
Q
mening/o or meningi/o
A
meninges
has 3 layers of protection
18
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
19
Q
phas/o
A
speech
20
Q
phob/o
A
fear
21
Q
phren/o
A
mind
22
Q
pol/o
A
extreme
23
Q
poli/o
A
gray matter
part of a nerve cell
24
Q
pont/o
A
pons
another area of the stem (similar to medulla)
25
psych/o
mind
26
radicul/o
nerve root
27
schiz/o
split
28
somat/o
body
29
synaps/o or synapt/o
point of contact; to join
space between 2 neurons
30
syncope/o
to cut off; cut short; faint
31
tax/o
coordination; order
32
tempor/o
the temples
33
thalam/o
thalamus
34
thec/o
sheath (meninges)
35
traumat/o
trauma; injury; wound
36
troph/o
development; nourishment
37
ventricul/o
ventricle
pg. 245
holds fluid that they produce
38
bi-
two; both
39
con-
together; with
40
dys-
painful; difficult
41
en-
in; within
42
epi-
on; over; upon
43
hemi-
half
left half and right half, not top and bottom halves
44
intra-
within; into
45
mono-
one; single
46
par-, para-
near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
47
poly-
many; much
48
post-
after; behind
49
quadri-
four
50
sub-
below; under
51
-al
pertaining to
52
-ar
pertaining to
53
-eal
pertaining to
54
-ial
pertaining to
55
-ic
pertaining to
56
-tic
pertaining to
57
-algesia
pain; sensitivity
58
-algia
pain
59
-asthenia
weakness
60
-cele
hernia; swelling; protusion
61
-e
noun suffix with no meaning
62
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
63
-esthesia
feeling; sensation
64
-ia
condition
65
-ion
process; state; condition
66
-lepsy
seizure
67
-leptic
to seize; take hold of
68
-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening
69
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
70
-orexia
appetite
71
-osis
abnormal condition
72
-paresis
weakness
73
-phasia
speech
74
-phegia
paralysis
75
-rragic
pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)
76
-rraphy
suture
77
-sclerosis
hardening; thicken
78
-taxia
muscle coordination
79
-tropic
turning
80
-um, -us
structure; tissue; thing
