Chp 9 nervous system word parts Flashcards
anxi/o
anxious; uneasy
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
contus/o
to bruise
crani/o
skull
dur/o
dura mater
Encephal/o
brain
Esthes/o; Esthesi/o
nervous sensation
Gli/o
glue
Hydr/o
water
Hypn/o
sleep
Isch/o
back; to hold back
Lamin/o
lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)
Lex/o
word
Medull/o
medulla oblongata
Mening/o; Meningi/o
meninges
Neur/o
nerve
Phas/o
speech
Phob/o
fear
Phren/o
mind
Pol/o
extreme
Poli/o
gray matter
Pont/o
pons
Psych/o
mind
Radicul/o
nerve root
shiz/o
split
somat/o
body
synaps/o; synapt/o
point of contact
syncope/o
to cut off; cut short; faint; cut off from consciousness
tax/o
coordination; order
tempor/o
the temples
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath (meninges)
traumat/o
trauma; injury; wound
troph/o
development; nourishment
ventricul/o
ventricle
bi-
two; both
con-
together; with
dys-
painful; difficult
en-
in; within
epi-
on; over; upon
epi-
ib; over; upon
hemi-
half
intra-
within; into
mono-
one; single
par-; para-
near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
poly-
many; much
post-
after; behind
quadri-
four
sub-
below; under
-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic
pertaining to
-algesia
pain; sensitivity
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
hernia; swelling
-e
noun suffix with no meaning
-emic
pertaining to blood
-esthesia
feeling; sensation
-is
condition