Nervous System

Question 1

What is the largest, uppermost portion of the brain?

Answer 1

Cerebrum

Question 2

What is the outermost covering of the bran and spinal cord?

Answer 2

dura mater

Question 3

cerebr/o

Answer 3

cerebrum

Question 4

crani/o

Answer 4

cranium (skull)

Question 5

encephal/o

Answer 5

brain

Question 6

gangli/o

Answer 6

ganglio (knot or knot like mass)

Question 7

gli/o

Answer 7

glue, neuroglial tissue

Question 8

Kinesi/o

Answer 8

movement

Question 9

lept/o

Answer 9

thin, slender

Question 10

lex/o

Answer 10

word, phrase

Question 11

myel/o

Answer 11

bone marrow, spinal cord

Question 12

narc/o

Answer 12

stupor, numbness, sleep

Question 13

radicul/o

Answer 13

nerve root

Question 14

sthen/o

Answer 14

strength

Question 15

thalam/o

Answer 15

thalamus

Question 16

thec/o

Answer 16

sheath (usually referring to the meninges)

Question 17

ventricul/o

Answer 17

ventricle (of the heart or brain)

Question 18

ton/o

Answer 18

tension

Question 19

-asthenia

Answer 19

weakness, debility

Question 20

-esthesia

Answer 20

feeling

Question 21

-lepsy

Answer 21

seizure

Question 22

-paresis

Answer 22

patrial paralysis

Question 23

-plegia

Answer 23

paralysis

Question 24

-taxia

Answer 24

order, coordination

Question 25

pachy-

Answer 25

thick

Question 26

para-

Answer 26

near, beside, beyond

Question 27

syn-

Answer 27

union, together, joined

Question 28

cerebrotomy

Answer 28

incision of the cerebrum

Question 29

craniomalacia

Answer 29

softening of the skull