Nervous System Prefexes/Suffixes and Combining Forms

Question 1

-cyte

Answer 1

Means cell

Question 2

-lepsy

Answer 2

Means seizure

Question 3

-plegia

Answer 3

Means paralysis

Question 4

Arachn/o

Answer 4

Spider

Question 5

Astr/o

Answer 5

Star

Question 6

Ax/o

Answer 6

Axis or stem

Question 7

Bifid/o

Answer 7

Split or cleft

Question 8

Caust/o and caus/o

Answer 8

Burning

Question 9

Cerebell/o

Answer 9

Pertaining to the cerebellum

Question 10

Cerebr/o

Answer 10

Pertaining to the brain of cerebrum

Question 11

Contra-

Answer 11

Means opposite

Question 12

Crani/o

Answer 12

Skull

Question 13

Dendr/o

Answer 13

Dendrite or branching

Question 14

Dur/o

Answer 14

The outermost and toughest fibrous membrane covering the brain and spinal cord, short for duramater

Question 15

Encephal/o

Answer 15

Brain

Question 16

Epi-

Answer 16

Means above

Question 17

Gangli/o or ganglion/o

Answer 17

Knot-like masses of nerve cell bodies located outside CNS

Question 18

Gli/o

Answer 18

Glue

Question 19

Gvr/o

Answer 19

Folding

Question 20

Ispi-

Answer 20

Means same

Question 21

Mening/o and meningi/o

Answer 21

Layers of connective tissue enclosing the central nervous system

Question 22

Myel/o

Answer 22

Of the spinal cord or marrow

Question 23

Narc/o

Answer 23

Stupor

Question 24

Neur/o or neur/i

Answer 24

Nerve or nerve tissue

Question 25

Oligio-

Answer 25

Means few

Question 26

Pachy-

Answer 26

Means thick

Question 27

Plex/o

Answer 27

Plexus or network

Question 28

Poli/o

Answer 28

Gray

Question 29

Radicul/o

Answer 29

Root

Question 30

Sub-

Answer 30

Means below

Question 31

Sulc/o

Answer 31

Groove

Question 32

Synapt/o and Synaps/o

Answer 32

Space or point of contact