Nervous System Medical Word Elements

Question 0

encephal/o

Answer 0

brain
encephalocele: condition in which portions of the brain and meninges protrude through a bony midline defect in the skull. It is usually associated with a neural tube defect

Question 1

dendr/o

Answer 1

tree

dendroid: resembling a tree

Question 2

gangli/o

Answer 2

ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)

a ganglion is a mass of nerve cell bodies (gray matter) in the peripheral nervous system

Question 3

gli/o

Answer 3

glue; neuroglial tissue

glioma: a tumor composed of neuroglial or supporting tissue of the nervous system

Question 4

kinesi/o

Answer 4

movement

bradykinesia: condition of slow movement

Question 5

lept/o

Answer 5

thin, slender
leptomeningopathy; disease of the meninges
leptomeninges are pia mater and arachnoid

Question 6

lex/o

Answer 6

word, phrase

dyslexia: difficulty using words

Question 7

myel/o

Answer 7

bone marrow; spinal cord

poliomyelitis: inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord

Question 8

narc/o

Answer 8

stupor; numbness; sleep

narcotic: relating to sleep

Question 9

radicul/o

Answer 9

nerve root

radiculalgia: pain in the nerve root

Question 10

sthen/o

Answer 10

strength

hypersthenia: a condition of excessive strength or tonicity of the body or a body part

Question 11

thec/o

Answer 11

sheath (usually meninges)

intrathecal: pertaining to the space within a sheath

Question 12

ton/o

Answer 12

tension

dystonia: bad or poor muscle tone

Question 13

• algesia

- algia

Answer 13

pain
analgesia: absence of a normal sense of pain
synalgia: joined (referred) pain
synalgia is pain experience in a pat of the body other than the place of pathology. for example, right shoulder pain is commonly associated with gallstones

Question 14

-asthenia

Answer 14

weakness, debility

myasthenia: muscle weakness

Question 15

-kinesia

Answer 15

movement

hyperkinesia: excessive movement; also called hyperactivity

Question 16

-lepsy

Answer 16

seizure

narcolepsy: seizure of sleep

Question 17

-paresis

Answer 17

partial paralysis
hemiparesis: paralysis of one half of the body (hemiplegia)
when used alone, the term paresis means partial paralysis or motor weakness

Question 18

-taxia

Answer 18

order, coordination
ataxia: without coordination
ataxia refers to poor muscle coordination, especially when voluntary movements are attempted

Question 19

pachy-

Answer 19

thick

pachymeningitis: inflammation of the dura mater

Question 20

syn-

Answer 20

union, together, joined
synalgia: referred pain
pain in a deteriorated hip commonly causes referred pain in a healthy knee