Unit 12: Nervous System and Mental Health Flashcards
alges/o
sense of pain
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
astr/o
star
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
clon/o
rapid contracting and relaxing
concuss/o
to shake violently
crani/o
skull
dur/o
dura mater
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
esthesi/o
sensation, feeling
gli/o
glue
hal/o
to breathe
isch/o
to hold back
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back
medull/o
medulla oblongata
mening/o
meninges
meningi/o
meninges
ment/o
mind
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord
poli/o
gray matter
pont/o
pons
radicul/o
nerve root
scler/o
hard
spin/o
spine
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
tom/o
to cut
ton/o
tone
topic/o
a specific area
vascul/o
blood vessel
ven/o
vein
ventricul/o
ventricle
vertebr/o
vertebra
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
protrusion
-paresis
weakness
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhaphy
suture
-taxia
muscle coordination
-trophic
pertaining to development
a-
an-
de-
without
hemi-
half
para-
abnormal, two like parts of a pair
semi-
partial
tri-
three
un-
not
amnes/o
forgetfulness
anxi/o
fear, worry
compuls/o
drive, compel
delus/o
false belief
depress/o
to press down
hallucin/o
imagined perception
klept/o
to steal
ment/o
mind
narc/o
stupor, sleep
neur/o
nerve
obsess/o
besieged by thoughts
phob/o
irrational fear
phren/o
mind
psych/o
mind
pyr/o
fire
schiz/o
split
soci/o
society
-iatrist
physician
-iatry
medical treatment
-lepsy
seizure
-mania
frenzy
-phoria
condition to bear