UNIT 8 - The Nervous System - COMBINING FORMS Flashcards

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aesthesi/o

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sensation

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alges/i

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sense of pain

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cancer/o

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cancer

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum, brain

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cistern/o

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cistern, subarachnoid space

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crani/o

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cranium

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cyt/o

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cell

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dur/o

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dura mater

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ech/o

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echo/reflected sound

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electr/o

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electrical

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encephal/o

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brain

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epilept/o

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epilepsy

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fibr/o

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fiber

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gangli/o

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ganglion

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gli/a/o

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glue like, neurological cells

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haemat/o

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blood

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hist/i/o

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tissue

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hydr/o

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water

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iatr/o

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medical treatment, doctor

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mening/o

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meninges

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motor

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action, moving, set in motion

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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narc/o

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stupor, numbness

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necr/o

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death

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neur/o

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nerve

27
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plex/o

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network (eg. of nerves)

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pneum/o

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lung; air; gas

29
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polio -

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grey matter (of CNS)

30
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psych/o

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mind

31
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py/o

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pus

32
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rach/i

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spine

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radicul/o

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nerve root

34
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somat/o

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body

35
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syring/o

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tube, cavity

36
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ventricul/o

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ventricle (of heart or brain)