combining forms II Flashcards
caus/o
burning
caust/o
burning
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
comat/o
deep sleep, coma
concuss/o
shaken together violently
dendr/o
dendrite
dur/o
dura mater
encephal/o
brain
esthesi/o
nervous sensation
gangli/o, ganglion/o
ganglion, collection of nerve cell bodies
gli/o
neuroglial tissue, glue
gyr/o
folding
mening/o, meningi/o
meninges
narc/o
sleep, stupor, numbness
plex/o
plexus, network of nerves
pont/o
pons
radicul/o
nerve root
sulc/o
groove
synaps/o, synapt/o
synapse
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short, fainting
tax/o
coordination, order
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
vag/o
vagus nerve
ambly/o
dim, dull
aque/o
water
blephar/o
eyelid
canth/o
corner of the eye or eyelid
choroid/o
choroid layer of eye
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
cor/o
pupil
core/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea