Nervous System Word Parts

Question 1

anxi/o

Answer 1

anxious; uneasy

Question 2

cephal/o

Answer 2

head

Question 3

cerebell/o

Answer 3

cerebellum

Question 4

cerebr/o

Answer 4

cerebrum

Question 5

contus/o

Answer 5

to bruise

Question 6

crani/o

Answer 6

skull

Question 7

dur/o

Answer 7

dura mater (layer of meninges)

Question 8

encephal/o

Answer 8

brain (in the head)

Question 9

esthes/o, esthesi/o

Answer 9

nervous sensation

Question 10

gli/o

Answer 10

glue

Question 11

hydr/o

Answer 11

water

Question 12

hypn/o

Answer 12

sleep

Question 13

isch/o

Answer 13

back; to hold back

Question 14

lamin/o

Answer 14

lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)

Question 15

lex/o

Answer 15

word

Question 16

medull/o

Answer 16

medulla oblongata (part of brain stem)

Question 17

mening/o, meningi/o

Answer 17

meninges

Question 18

neur/o

Answer 18

nerve

Question 19

phas/o

Answer 19

speech (unable to speak)

Question 20

phob/o

Answer 20

fear

Question 21

phren/o

Answer 21

mind

Question 22

pol/o

Answer 22

extreme (polo is an extreme sport)

Question 23

poli/o

Answer 23

gray matter

Question 24

pont/o

Answer 24

pons

Question 25

radicul/o

Answer 25

nerve root

Question 25

psych/o

Answer 25

mind

Question 26

schiz/o

Answer 26

split

Question 27

somat/o

Answer 27

body

Question 28

synaps/o, synapt/o

Answer 28

point of contact; to join

Question 29

syncop/o

Answer 29

to cut off; cut short; faint (to cut off consciousness)

Question 30

tax/o

Answer 30

coordination; order

Question 31

tempor/o

Answer 31

the temples

Question 32

thalam/o

Answer 32

thalamus

Question 33

thec/o

Answer 33

sheath (meninges)

Question 34

traumat/o

Answer 34

trauma; injury; wound

Question 35

troph/o

Answer 35

development; nourishment

Question 36

ventricul/o

Answer 36

ventricle

Question 37

bi-

Answer 37

two; both

Question 38

con-

Answer 38

together; with

Question 39

dys-

Answer 39

painful; difficult

Question 40

en-

Answer 40

in; within

Question 41

epi-

Answer 41

on; over; upon

Question 42

hemi-

Answer 42

half (left and right)

Question 43

intra-

Answer 43

within; into

Question 44

mono-

Answer 44

one; single

Question 45

par-, para-

Answer 45

near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

Question 46

poly-

Answer 46

many; much

Question 47

post-

Answer 47

after; behind

Question 48

quadri-

Answer 48

four

Question 49

sub-

Answer 49

below; under

Question 50

-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic

Answer 50

pertaining to

Question 51

-algesia

Answer 51

pain; sensitivity

Question 52

-algia

Answer 52

pain

Question 53

-asthenia

Answer 53

weakness

Question 54

-cele

Answer 54

hernia; swelling; protrusion

Question 55

-e

Answer 55

(noun suffix with no meaning)

Question 56

-emic

Answer 56

pertaining to blood condition

Question 57

-esthesia

Answer 57

feeling; sensation

Question 58

-ia

Answer 58

condition

Question 59

-ion

Answer 59

process; state; condition

Question 60

-lepsy

Answer 60

seizure

Question 61

-leptic

Answer 61

to seize; take hold of

Question 62

-lysis

Answer 62

breakdown; seperation; loosening

Question 63

-lytic

Answer 63

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

Question 64

-osis

Answer 64

abnormal condition

Question 65

-orexia

Answer 65

appetite

Question 66

-paresis

Answer 66

weakness

Question 67

-phasia

Answer 67

speech

Question 68

-plegia

Answer 68

paralysis

Question 69

-rrhagic

Answer 69

pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)

Question 70

-rrhaphy

Answer 70

suture

Question 71

-sclerosis

Answer 71

hardening; thickening

Question 72

-taxia

Answer 72

muscle coordination

Question 73

-trophic

Answer 73

turning

Question 74

-um, -us

Answer 74

structure; tissue; thing