Nerve Flashcards
arachn/o
spider
astr/o
star
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
crani/o
cranium, skull
dendr/o
branching
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
gangli/o
ganglion
gli/o
neuroglia, nerve cell
gloss/o
tongue
hemat/o
blood
hydr/o
water, fluid
mening/o
meninges
myel/o, spin/o
spinal cord
neur/o
nerve
ocul/o
eye
olig/o
few, diminished amount
pont/o
pons
psych/o
mind
quadr/i
four
radicul/o, rhiz/o
nerve root
thec/o
sheath
thromb/o
clot
ventricul/o
ventricle
an-, a-
lack of, without
dura-
hard
echo-
sound
epi-
above, upon
hemi-
half
poly-
many
sub-
beneath, below
algia
pain
cele
hernia, protrusion
gram
picture, record
graphy
process of recording
itis
inflammation
malacia
softening
osis
condition
o/tomy
surgical incision
paresis
partial paralysis
pathy
disease
plegia
complete paralysis
matter that contains myelinated axons (rich in myelin)
white matter
the matter that contains the neuronal bodies
gray matter