Word Meanings

Question 1

greek- spider; shaped

Answer 1

arachnoid

Question 2

greek- self; law

Answer 2

autonomic

Question 3

greek- axis

Answer 3

axon

Question 4

greek- weight; Latin- to recieve

Answer 4

baroreceptor

Question 5

Broca, French surgeon (1824-1880)

Answer 5

Broca area

Question 6

Latin- tail-like; horse

Answer 6

cauda equina

Question 7

Latin- little brain

Answer 7

cerebellum

Question 8

latin- brain

Answer 8

cerebrum

Question 9

greek- chemical; Latin- to recieve

Answer 9

chemoreceptor

Question 10

latin- snail shell

Answer 10

cochlea

Question 11

latin- to lead together

Answer 11

conduction

Question 12

latin- body; hard or callused

Answer 12

corpus callosum

Question 13

latin- bark or rind

Answer 13

cortex

Question 14

greek- cell

Answer 14

cyton

Question 15

greek- treelike

Answer 15

dendrites

Question 16

greek- two or second; brain

Answer 16

diencephalon

Question 17

latin- hard or tough; mother

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dura matter

Question 18

greek- brain

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encephalic

Question 19

latin- threadlike; at the end

Answer 19

filum terminale

Question 20

greek- knot

Answer 20

ganglion

Question 21

greek- circle

Answer 21

gyri

Question 22

latin- anvil

Answer 22

incus

Question 23

latin- between; together, amid; messenger

Answer 23

internuncial

Question 24

latin- within; spindle

Answer 24

intrafusal

Question 25

latin- spot

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macula

Question 26

greek- machine; latin- to recieve

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mechanoreceptor

Question 27

latin- marrow or middle; long

Answer 27

medulla oblongata

Question 28

greek-membrane

Answer 28

meninges

Question 29

greek- marrow

Answer 29

myelin

Question 30

greek- sinew; husk

Answer 30

neurilemma

Question 31

greek- sinew

Answer 31

neuro

Question 32

greek- sinew; glue

Answer 32

neuroglia

Question 33

greek- sinew; latin- a sending across

Answer 33

neurotransmitter

Question 34

latin- hurt; to recieve

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nociceptor

Question 35

Ranvier, French pathologist (1835-1922)

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node of Ranvier

Question 36

Greek- little; tree; cell

Answer 36

oligodendrocyte

Question 37

greek- by the side of, sympathetic

Answer 37

parasympathetic

Question 38

greek- light; latin- to recieve

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photoreceptor

Question 39

latin- tender, soft; mother

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pia matter

Question 40

latin- braid

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plexus

Question 41

greek- old man; eye

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presbyopia

Question 42

latin- one’s own; a reciever

Answer 42

proprioceptor

Question 43

latin- bridge

Answer 43

pons

Question 44

latin- to move backward; to restrain

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reciprocal inhibition

Question 45

latin- bent back

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reflex

Question 46

latin- a net

Answer 46

retina

Question 47

latin- a dance or leap

Answer 47

saltatory

Question 48

Schwann, German anatomist (1810-1882)

Answer 48

Schwann cell

Question 49

greek- body

Answer 49

soma

Question 50

latin- stirrup

Answer 50

stapes

Question 51

latin- to incite

Answer 51

stimuli

Question 52

latin- groove or furrow

Answer 52

sulci

Question 53

latin- total

Answer 53

summation

Question 54

greek- to feel with

Answer 54

sympathetic

Question 55

greek- to join

Answer 55

synapse

Question 56

greek- chamber

Answer 56

thalamus

Question 57

greek- heat; Latin- to recieve

Answer 57

thermoreceptor

Question 58

greek- drum

Answer 58

tympanic

Question 59

latin- wandering

Answer 59

vagus

Question 60

Wernicke, German neurologist (1848-1905)

Answer 60

Wernicke area