nervous system

Question 1

en, em

Answer 1

in, into, inward

Question 2

neur/o

Answer 2

nerve, nervous system

Question 3

dendr/o

Answer 3

tree, dendrite

Question 4

gli/o

Answer 4

glue, glial cells

Question 5

olig/o

Answer 5

little, few, small

Question 6

astr/o

Answer 6

star

Question 7

cerebr/o

Answer 7

brain

Question 8

enceph/o

Answer 8

brain

Question 9

mening/o

Answer 9

meninges

Question 10

corp/o

Answer 10

body

Question 11

myel/o

Answer 11

spinal cord or bone marrow

Question 12

poli/o

Answer 12

gray

Question 13

arachn/o

Answer 13

spider, web

Question 14

lept/o

Answer 14

thin, fine, slender

Question 15

tax/o

Answer 15

order, coordinated movement

Question 16

aberrant

Answer 16

abnormal, deviating form the usual

Question 17

afferent

Answer 17

to carry to or being toward a place

Question 18

anomaly

Answer 18

deviation from the average or norm

Question 19

axon

Answer 19

the long branch off a nerve cell that carries impulses away from the cell

Question 20

blood-brain barrier

Answer 20

the separation of brain nervous tissue from capillaries with the brain tissue

Question 21

cerebellum

Answer 21

little brain, second largest portion of the brain

Question 22

cerebrum

Answer 22

largest portion of the brain

Question 23

corpus callosum

Answer 23

tough body, the bundle of nerve fibers that connect the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum

Question 24

cortex

Answer 24

outer shell, outer layer of nervous tissue in the brain

Question 25

dura mater

Answer 25

tough matter, thick fibrous outer membrane covering the brain

Question 26

efferent

Answer 26

to carry out or take away from a place

Question 27

ganglia

Answer 27

cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system that cluster together in groups

Question 28

geriatric

Answer 28

pertaining to old age or the aging process

Question 29

gyrus

Answer 29

convolution or raised area between grooves

Question 30

hypothalamus

Answer 30

part of the brain that links the endocrine system to the nervous system

Question 31

impulse

Answer 31

electrical signal that travels along an axon

Question 32

kyphosis

Answer 32

abnormal convex curvature of the spine

Question 33

myeling

Answer 33

fatty white substance that surrounds some axons and is produced by special cells in the central nervous system

Question 34

pia mater

Answer 34

delicate soft matter, thin innermost membrane covering the brain

Question 35

pituitary

Answer 35

master endocrine gland that affects nearly all hormonal activity in the body

Question 36

potential space

Answer 36

space or cavity that can exist between two adjacent body parts that are not tightly adjoined does not appear during normal functioning

Question 37

sulcus

Answer 37

groove

Question 38

synapse

Answer 38

junction across which a nerve impulse passes from an axon to another neuron, muscle cell or gland cell

Question 39

syrinx

Answer 39

pathological tube shaped lesion in the brain or spinall cord

Question 40

thalamus

Answer 40

part if the brain that relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex

Question 41

central nervous system

Answer 41

made up of the brain and spinal cord, lies in the dorsal cavity of the body

Question 42

perikaryon

Answer 42

cell body, contains nucleus

Question 43

dendrites

Answer 43

short branching fibers extend from the cell body, collect electric signals and setup an electrical impulse that will pass through thee neurons to the next neuron

Question 44

glial cells

Answer 44

supply nutrition and provide support for the neurons

Question 45

oligodendrocyte

Answer 45

secrete fatty substance surrounds axon in a sheath like insulator, allows electrical signal to travel more quickly

Question 46

astrocytes

Answer 46

help form a blood-brain barrier

Question 47

microglial cells

Answer 47

macrophages of the CNS, destroy pathogens and get rid of dead neurons

Question 48

diencephalon

Answer 48

thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary gland

Question 49

brainstem

Answer 49

medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain