Nervous System Root Words Flashcards
1
Q
cephal/o
A
head
2
Q
cerebell/o
A
little brain
3
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
4
Q
chrom/o
A
color
5
Q
cran/i
A
skull
6
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
7
Q
dendr/o
A
tree
8
Q
disk/o
A
a disk
9
Q
dur/o
A
dura, hard
10
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
11
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
12
Q
esthesi/o
A
feeling
13
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
14
Q
gli/o
A
glue
15
Q
hypn/o
A
sleep
16
Q
lamin/o
A
thin plate
17
Q
later/o
A
side
18
Q
lob/o
A
lobe
19
Q
mening/i
A
membrane, meninges
20
Q
mening/o
A
membrane, meninges
21
Q
ment/o
A
mind
22
Q
my/o
A
muscle
23
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
24
Q
narc/o
A
numbness, sleep, stupor
25
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
26
Q
neur/i
A
nerve
27
Q
pallid/o
A
globus pallidus
28
Q
papill/o
A
papilla
29
Q
phe/o
A
dusky
30
Q
poli/o
A
gray
31
Q
somn/o
A
sleep
32
Q
spin/o
A
a thorn, spine
33
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
34
Q
vag/o
A
vagus, wandering
35
Q
ventricul/o
A
ventricle
36
Q
mnes
A
memory
37
Q
log
A
study of
38
Q
concuss
A
shaken violently
