nervous sys Flashcards
cerebr/o
cerebrum
crain/o
cranium
encephal/o
brain
ganglio/o
ganglion (knot)
gli/o
glue, neuroglial tissue
kinesi/o
movement
lept/o
thin, slender
lex/o
word, phrase
mening/o
meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
narc/o
stupor, numbness, sleep
neur/o
nerve
radicul/o
nerve root
sthen/o
strength
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath (usually referring to meninges)
ton/o
tension
ventricul/o
ventricle
-algesia
pain
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness, debility
-esthesia
feeling
-kinesia
movement
-lepsy
seizure
-paresis
partial paralysis
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-taxia
order, coordination
pachy-
thick
para-
near, beside, beyond
syn-
union, together, joined
uni-
one
crani/o/malacia
softening of the cranium, -malacia: softening
encephal/o/cele
herniation of the brain, cele:hernia, swelling
gangli/ectomy
excision of a ganglion
gli/oma
tumor of neuroglial tissue
brady/kines/ia
condition of slowed movement, brady: slow, ia: condition
lept/o/mening/o/pathy
disease of the thin meninges
dys/lex/ia
difficulty using words, dys: bad, difficult, lex: word, phrase, ia: condition
mening/o/cele
herniation of the meninges
meningi/oma
tumor of the meninges
narc/o/tic
relating to sleep, -tic: pertaining to
neur/o/lysis
destruction of a nerve, -lysis separation, destruction, loosening
radicul/algia
pain in the nerve root
hyper/sthen/ia
condition of excessive strength
intra/thec/al
pertaining to space within a sheath, intra: in, within, -al: pertaining to
dys/ton/ia
poor muscle tone
ventricul/itis
inflammation of the ventricles (heart of brain)
an/algesia
absence of pain
syn/algia
joined, referred, pain
my/asthenia
muscle weakness, my: muscle
hyper/esthesia
increased feeling
narc/o/lepsy
seizure of sleep
hemi/paresis
partial paralysis of one-half of the body
a/phasia
without speech
quadri/plegia
paralysis of four extremities
a/taxia
without coordination
pachy/mening/itis
inflammation of the dura mater
