The Nervous System Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
mening/o
meningi/o
A
meninges
2
Q
alges/o
A
sense of pain
3
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
4
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
5
Q
astr/o
A
star
6
Q
cephal/o
A
head
7
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
8
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
9
Q
clon/o
A
rapid contracting and relaxing
10
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
11
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
12
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
13
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
14
Q
esthes/o
A
sensation, feeling
15
Q
gli/o
A
glue
16
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
17
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
18
Q
later/o
A
side
19
Q
lumb/o
A
low back
20
Q
medull/o
A
medulla oblongata
21
Q
my/o
A
muscle
22
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord
23
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
24
Q
poli/o
A
gray matter
25
pont/o
pons
26
radicul/o
nerve root
27
scler/o
hard
28
spin/o
spine
29
thalam/o
thalamus
30
thec/o
sheath
31
tom/o
to cut
32
ton/o
muscle tone
33
vascul/o
blood vessel
34
ventricul/o
ventricle
