Nervous System Root Words Flashcards
alges/o
sense of pain
astr/o
star
blast/o
embryonic cell
cuad/o
tall
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervic/o
neck
neck of uterus
cervix of uteri
clon/o
rapid contracting and relaxing
crani/o
cranium
skull
dur/o
dura mater
encephal/o
brain
esthes/o
sensation
feeling
gangli/o
ganglion
knot or knot like mass
gen/o
forming
producing
origin
gli/o
glue
neurogial tissue
kines/o
movement
kinesi/o
movement
later/o
side
to one side
lept/o
thin
slender
lex/o
word
phrase
lob/o
lobe
lumb/o
loins
lower back
medull/o
inner portion
mening/o
meninges
membranes covering the spinal cord
meningi/o
meninges
membranes covering the spinal cord
myel/o
bone marrow
spinal cord
narc/o
stupor
sleep
numbness
nerv/o
nerve
neur/i
nerve
neur/o
nerve
poli/o
grey matter
pont/o
pons
psych/o
mind
radicul/o
nerve root
spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction
tightening
cramping
sthen/o
strength
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath - usually refers to meninges
ton/o
tone
tension
ventricul/o
ventricle - of heart or brain