Nervous System Root Words Flashcards
1
Q
alges/o
A
sense of pain
2
Q
astr/o
A
star
3
Q
blast/o
A
embryonic cell
4
Q
cuad/o
A
tall
5
Q
cephal/o
A
head
6
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
8
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
neck of uterus
cervix of uteri
9
Q
clon/o
A
rapid contracting and relaxing
10
Q
crani/o
A
cranium
skull
11
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
12
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
13
Q
esthes/o
A
sensation
feeling
14
Q
gangli/o
A
ganglion
knot or knot like mass
15
Q
gen/o
A
forming
producing
origin
16
Q
gli/o
A
glue
neurogial tissue
17
Q
kines/o
A
movement
18
Q
kinesi/o
A
movement
19
Q
later/o
A
side
to one side
20
Q
lept/o
A
thin
slender
21
Q
lex/o
A
word
phrase
22
Q
lob/o
A
lobe
23
Q
lumb/o
A
loins
lower back
24
Q
medull/o
A
inner portion
25
mening/o
meninges
| membranes covering the spinal cord
26
meningi/o
meninges
| membranes covering the spinal cord
27
myel/o
bone marrow
| spinal cord
28
narc/o
stupor
sleep
numbness
29
nerv/o
nerve
30
neur/i
nerve
31
neur/o
nerve
32
poli/o
grey matter
33
pont/o
pons
34
psych/o
mind
35
radicul/o
nerve root
36
spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction
tightening
cramping
37
sthen/o
strength
38
thalam/o
thalamus
39
thec/o
sheath - usually refers to meninges
40
ton/o
tone
| tension
41
ventricul/o
ventricle - of heart or brain
