NERVOUS SYSTEM TERMS Flashcards
What is the prefix / root for head?
Cephal/o
What is the prefix / root for Inside the head (brain)
Encephal/o
What is the prefix / root for Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
Mening/o
What is the prefix / root for Spinal cord
Myel/o
What is the prefix / root for Nerve
Neur/o
What is the prefix / root for Difficult, painful, abnormal
Dys
What is the prefix / root for Hernia (abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position)
-cele
What is the prefix / root for Disease, abnormality
-pathy
What is the prefix / root for Development, formation, growth
-plasia
What is the prefix / root for Paralysis
-plegia
What is a term for head
Cephalgia (a headache)
What is a term for Inside the head (brain)
Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain)
Anencephalic (born without a brain)
What is a term for Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
Meningitis (inflammation of the membranes)
What is a term for Spinal cord
Myelogram (X-ray of the spinal cord)
What is a term for Nerve
Neuroma (tumor)
Neuritis (inflammation)