Nervous system Flashcards
Poly-
many
quadri-
four
semi-
partial
sub-
under
trans-
across
tri-
three
un-
not
alges/o
sense of pain
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
astr/o
star
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
clon/o
rapid contracting and relaxing
concuss/o
to shake violently
crani/o
skull
cutane/o
skin
cyt/o
cell
dur/o
dura mater
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
esthesi/o
sensation, feeling
gli/o
glue
hal/o
to breathe
hemat/o
blood
hydr/o
water
isch/o
to hold back
later/o
side
lumb/o
low back
medull/o
medulla oblongata
mening/o
meninges
meningi/o
meninges
ment/o
mind
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord
neur/o
nerve
poli/o
gray matter
pont/o
pons
radicul/o
nerve root
scler/o
hard
spin/o
spine
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
tom/o
to cut
ton/o
tone
topic/o
a specific area
vascul/o
blood vessel