Vocabular Tables Ch. 10, 11

Question 1

nerv/o

Answer 1

nerve

Question 2

neur/o

Answer 2

nerve, sinew

Question 3

crani/o

Answer 3

cranium (portion of the skull that encloses the brain)

Question 4

cephal/o

Answer 4

head

Question 5

encephal/o, -encephalon

Answer 5

brain

Question 6

cerebr/o

Answer 6

cerebrum

Question 7

cerebell/o

Answer 7

cerebellum

Question 8

pont/o

Answer 8

pons, bridge-like structure

Question 9

limb/o

Answer 9

limbic system, border

Question 10

hippocamp/o

Answer 10

hippocampus, seahorse

Question 11

thalam/o

Answer 11

thalamus (mass of gray matter located in the diencephalon), chamber, inner room

Question 12

amygdal/o

Answer 12

amygdala (almond-shaped nuclei in the temporal lobe), almond, tonsil

Question 13

nucle/o

Answer 13

nucleus (group of neuronal cell bodies), core, little nut or kernel

Question 14

mening/o, -meninx

Answer 14

meninx (one of the three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord), membrane

Question 15

lept/o

Answer 15

thin

Question 16

pachy-, pach-

Answer 16

thick

Question 17

arachn/o

Answer 17

arachnoid membrane, spider

Question 18

dur/o

Answer 18

dura mater membrane, hard

Question 19

lob/o

Answer 19

lobe

Question 20

gyr/o

Answer 20

gyrus (a convolution of the cerebrum), circle, ring

Question 21

sulc/o

Answer 21

sulcus (groove of brain), furrow, groove

Question 22

fissur/o

Answer 22

fissure, deep groove

Question 23

ventricul/o

Answer 23

ventricle (of the brain), cavity

Question 24

cortic/o

Answer 24

cortex (cerebrum), outer layer, bark

Question 25

myel/o

Answer 25

spinal cord, marrow

Question 26

medull/o

Answer 26

medulla, marrow

Question 27

poli/o

Answer 27

gray (gray matter of CNS)

Question 28

fascicul/o

Answer 28

fascicle. bundle of longitudinal fibers

Question 29

funicul/o

Answer 29

funicle, rope-like

Question 30

radicul/o, radic/o

Answer 30

nerve root, root

Question 31

rhiz/o

Answer 31

nerve root, root

Question 32

ram/o

Answer 32

nerve branch, branch

Question 33

plex/o

Answer 33

plexus (interwoven network of nerves, blood, lymphatic vessels)

Question 34

gangli/o

Answer 34

ganglion (groups of nerve cells)

Question 35

gli/o

Answer 35

glia (supporting tissue of the nervous system)

Question 36

somat/o, som/o, -some

Answer 36

body (body of neuron)

Question 37

dendr/o

Answer 37

dendrite (part of neuron), tree, branched structure

Question 38

ax/o

Answer 38

axon (long process of a neuron), axle, axis

Question 39

not/o

Answer 39

the back

Question 40

spin/o

Answer 40

spine, thorn, vertebral column

Question 41

vertebr/o

Answer 41

vertebra, back bone

Question 42

spondyl/o

Answer 42

vertebra