Nervous System Flashcards
home/o
same
-stasis
stopping, controlling
neur/o
nerve
-logy
study of
inter-
between
-on
structure
somat/o
body
dendr/o
dendrite
-glia
glue
astr/o
star
-cyte
cell
encephal/o
brain
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cortic/o
cortex
lob/o
lobe
cord/o
spinal cord
chord/o
spinal cord
myel/o
spinal cord
mening/o
meninges
meningi/o
meninges
rhiz/o
nerve root
radicul/o
nerve root
dur/o
dura mater
ventricul/o
ventricle
dermat/o
skin
-tome
instrument used to cut
a-
without
phas/o
speech
-ia
condition
dys-
difficult
phag/o
eat
somn/o
sleep
hypo-
deficient
kinesi/o
movement
-algia
pain
para-
abnormal
esthesi/o
feeling
calcul/o
stone
geus/o
taste
gnos/o
knowledge
graph/o
record
osm/o
sense of smell
prax/o
purposeful movement
lex/o
word
-cephalus
head
bi-
two
-fida
split
hemat/o
blood
-oma
tumor, mass