Nervous System Flashcards
phas/o
speech
tax/o
order or coordination
lex/o
word or phrase
top/o
place
-paresis
slight paralysis
phob/o
exaggerated fear or sensitivity
meningi/o
meninges (membrane)
cerebell/o
cerebellum (little brain)
stere/o
three dimensional or solid
phren/o
mind
-plegia
paralysis
-asthenia
weakness
phor/o
carry, bear
gangli/o
ganglion (knot)
esthesi/o
sensation
neur/o
nerve
somn/i
sleep
thym/o
mind
vertebr/o
vertebra
encephal/o
entire brain
ventricul/o
ventricle (belly or pouch)
psych/o
mind
ton/o
tone, tension
mening/o
meninges (membrane)
somn/o
sleep
schiz/o
split
somat/o
body
crani/o
skull
kinesi/o
movement
thalam/o
thalamus (a room)
-mania
abnormal impulse (attraction) toward
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
-lepsy
seizure
hypn/o
sleep
spondyl/o
vertebra
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
narc/o
stupor, sleep
spin/o
spine (thorn)
cata-
down
gli/o
glue
gnos/o
knowing