Language of Medicine 10 Flashcards
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cereb/o
cerebrum
dur/o
dura mater
encephal/o
brain
gli/o
glial cells
more vulnerable to tumors
lept/o
thin, slender
mening/o
meningi/o
membranes,
meninges
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord
means bone marrow in other contexts
neur/o
nerve
pont/o
pons
radicul/o
nerve root
of spinal nerves
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
refers to the meninges
vag/o
vagus nerve
10th cranial nerve
alges/o
-algesia
excessive sensitivity to pain
-algia
pain
caus/o
burning
comat/o
deep sleep
coma
esthesi/o
-esthesia (ia condition of)
feeling, nervous sensation
kines/o, kinesi/o
kinesia (cond. of), -kinesis
-kinetic
movement
-lepsy
seizure
lex/o
word, phrase
-paresis
weakness
-phasia
speech
-plagia
paralysis
(loss or impairment of the ability
to move parts of the body)
-praxia
action
-sthenia
strenghth
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short
tax/o
order, coordination
