Nervous system vocab

Question 1

Cerebr/o

Answer 1

cerebrum

Question 2

Encephal/o

Answer 2

brain

Question 3

Gli/o

Answer 3

blue neurologic

Question 4

Mening/o

Answer 4

meninges

Question 5

Myel/o

Answer 5

spinal cord, bone marrow

Question 6

Neur/o

Answer 6

nerve mind

Question 7

Psych/o

Answer 7

mind

Question 8

Spin/o

Answer 8

spine

Question 9

Tox/o

Answer 9

toxic

Question 10

Para-

Answer 10

near beside beyond

Question 11

–al

Answer 11

pertaining to

Question 12

–algia

Answer 12

pain

Question 13

–cele

Answer 13

herniation, swelling

Question 14

–itis

Answer 14

inflammation

Question 15

–logist

Answer 15

specialist

Question 16

–logy

Answer 16

study of

Question 17

–lysis

Answer 17

separarion, destruction, loosening

Question 18

megaly

Answer 18

enlargement

Question 19

–oma

Answer 19

tumor

Question 20

osis

Answer 20

abnormal condition

Question 21

–pathy

Answer 21

disease

Question 22

–tome

Answer 22

instrument

Question 23

–tomy

Answer 23

incision, to cut.

Question 24

ANS

Answer 24

autonomic nervous system

Question 25

CNS

Answer 25

central nervous system

Question 26

CSF

Answer 26

cerebrospinal fluid

Question 27

CVA

Answer 27

cerebral vascular accident(stroke)

Question 28

PNS

Answer 28

peripheral nervous system

Question 29

Afferent

Answer 29

going toward the brain the sensory pathways

Question 30

Arbor Vitae

Answer 30

tree like structure inside the cerebellum

Question 31

Efferent

Answer 31

-going away from the brain/ the motor pathways

Question 32

Cauda Equina

Answer 32

-horse’s tail the lower end of the spinal cord bundled together

Question 33

Corpus Callosum -

Answer 33

-bundle of nerves that connect the right and left hemispheres of the brain

Question 34

Hemisphere

Answer 34

2 halves of brain right and left hemisphere