Word Meanings Flashcards
greek- spider; shaped
arachnoid
greek- self; law
autonomic
greek- axis
axon
greek- weight; Latin- to recieve
baroreceptor
Broca, French surgeon (1824-1880)
Broca area
Latin- tail-like; horse
cauda equina
Latin- little brain
cerebellum
latin- brain
cerebrum
greek- chemical; Latin- to recieve
chemoreceptor
latin- snail shell
cochlea
latin- to lead together
conduction
latin- body; hard or callused
corpus callosum
latin- bark or rind
cortex
greek- cell
cyton
greek- treelike
dendrites
greek- two or second; brain
diencephalon
latin- hard or tough; mother
dura matter
greek- brain
encephalic
latin- threadlike; at the end
filum terminale
greek- knot
ganglion
greek- circle
gyri
latin- anvil
incus
latin- between; together, amid; messenger
internuncial
latin- within; spindle
intrafusal