Nervous System

Question 1

nerv/o

enervate

Answer 1

nerve

Question 2

neur/o

neuralgia

Answer 2

nerve, sinew

Question 3

crani/o

craniotomy

Answer 3

cranium (portion of the skull that encloses brain)

Question 4

cephal/o

cephalic

Answer 4

head

Question 5

encephal/o, -encephalon

encephalomeningitis

Answer 5

brain

Question 6

cerebr/o

cerebrifugal

Answer 6

cerebrum (largest part of the brain), brain

Question 7

cerebell/o

cerebellitis

Answer 7

cerebellum

Question 8

pont/o

pontine

Answer 8

pons, bridge-like structure

Question 9

limb/o

limbic

Answer 9

limbic system, border

Question 10

hippocamp/o

hippocampal

Answer 10

hippocampus, seahorse

Question 11

thalam/o

hypothalamus

Answer 11

thalamus (mass of gray matter located in the diencephalon), chamber, inner room

Question 12

amygdal/o

amygdalitis

Answer 12

amygdala (almond-shaped nuclei in the temporal lobe), almond, tonsil

Question 13

nucle/o

nucleofungal

Answer 13

nucleus (group of neuronal cell bodies), core, little nut or kernel

Question 14

mening/o, -meninx

meningitis

Answer 14

meninx (one of the 3 membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord), membrane

Question 15

lept/o

leptomeningitis

Answer 15

thin

Question 16

pachy-, pach/o

acropachy

Answer 16

thick

Question 17

arachin/o

subarachnoid

Answer 17

arachnoid membrane, spider, spider-like

Question 18

dur/o

subdural

Answer 18

dura mater membrane, hard

Question 19

lob/o

lobotomy

Answer 19

lobe

Question 20

gyr/o

gyroscope

Answer 20

gyrus (a convolution of the cerebrum), circle, ring

Question 21

sulc/o

sulciform

Answer 21

sulcus (groove of brain), furrow, groove

Question 22

fissur/o

fissural

Answer 22

fissure, deep, groove

Question 23

fid/o, fiss/o

bifid, fissiparous

Answer 23

split, cleave

Question 24

ventricul/o

ventriculography

Answer 24

ventricle, small cavity

Question 25

coel/o, cel/o

coelosperm, hemocelom

Answer 25

cavity, hollow

Question 26

celi/o

celiac

Answer 26

abdominal cavity, body cavity

Question 27

cortic/o

infracortical

Answer 27

cortex (cerebrum), outer layer, bark

Question 28

myel/o

myelogram

Answer 28

spinal cord, marrow

Question 29

medull/o

medullectomy

Answer 29

medulla, marrow

Question 30

poli/o

poliosis

Answer 30

gray, gray matter of CNS

Question 31

fascicul/o

fascicular

Answer 31

fascicle, bundle of longitudinal fibers

Question 32

funicul/o

funicular

Answer 32

funicle, rope-like

Question 33

fun/o

funic, funiform

Answer 33

rope, cord

Question 34

radicul/o, radic/o

radiculitis, radiciform

Answer 34

nerve root, root

Question 35

rhiz/o

rhizotomy

Answer 35

nerve root, root

Question 36

ram/o

ramose, ramiform

Answer 36

nerve branch, branch

Question 37

plex/o

plexiform, plexopathy

Answer 37

plexus (interwoven network of nerves, blood, lymphatic vessels)

Question 38

gangli/o

ganglioma

Answer 38

ganglion (groups of nerve cells)

Question 39

gli/o

gliocyte

Answer 39

glia (supporting tissue of the nervous system), glue

Question 40

somat/o, som/o, -some

somatogenic

Answer 40

body (body of neuron)

Question 41

dendr/o

dendroid

Answer 41

dendrite (part of neuron), tree, branched structure

Question 42

ax/o

axolysis

Answer 42

axon (long process of a neuron), axle, axis

Question 43

not/o

notochord

Answer 43

the back

Question 44

spin/o

spinose, juxtaspinal

Answer 44

spine, thorn, vertebral column

Question 45

vertebr/o

intervertebral

Answer 45

vertebra, back bone

Question 46

spondyl/o

spondylodynia

Answer 46

vertebra