nervous system Flashcards
en, em
in, into, inward
neur/o
nerve, nervous system
dendr/o
tree, dendrite
gli/o
glue, glial cells
olig/o
little, few, small
astr/o
star
cerebr/o
brain
enceph/o
brain
mening/o
meninges
corp/o
body
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
poli/o
gray
arachn/o
spider, web
lept/o
thin, fine, slender
tax/o
order, coordinated movement
aberrant
abnormal, deviating form the usual
afferent
to carry to or being toward a place
anomaly
deviation from the average or norm
axon
the long branch off a nerve cell that carries impulses away from the cell
blood-brain barrier
the separation of brain nervous tissue from capillaries with the brain tissue
cerebellum
little brain, second largest portion of the brain
cerebrum
largest portion of the brain
corpus callosum
tough body, the bundle of nerve fibers that connect the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum
cortex
outer shell, outer layer of nervous tissue in the brain