click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Med term
Chapter 12
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Alges/o | Sense of pain |
Astr/o | Star |
Clon/o | Rapid, contracting |
Dur/o | Dura matter |
Enchephal/o | Brain |
Esthes/o | Sensation, feeling |
Gli/o | Glue |
Medull/o | Medulla oblongata |
Myel/o | Spinal cord |
Poli/o | Gray matter |
Pont/o | Pons |
Radicul/o | Nerve root |
Thec/o | Sheath |
Tom/o | To cut |
Ton/o | Muscle tone |
-asthenia | Weakness |
-taxia | Muscle coordination |
Un- | Not |
Cerebellar | Cerebellum |
Cerebral | Cerebrum |
Cerebralspinal | Pertaining to cerebrum and spine |
Enchephalic | Brain |
Medullary | Pertaining to the medulla oblongata |
Melonic | Pertaining to the spinal cord |
Neuroglial | Glue nerves |
Pontine | Pons |
Thalmic | Thalamus |
Ventricular | Ventricles |
Anesthesiology | Study of no feeling |
Ataxia | Without muscle coordination |
Clon | Form of siezer |
Hemiparesis | Half weakness |
Hemiplegia | Half paralysis |
Cva | Stroke |
TIA | Beginning of stroke..transient ishemic attack |
Cerebralvascular | Cerebrum blood vessel |
Amytrophiclateralsclerosis | No muscle dev. Side hardening |
Myasthenia | Muscle weakness |
Radiculopathy | Disease to the nerve root |
Epidural hematoma | Mass of blood outside the dura matter |
Myelogram | Record of spinal cord |
Electroencephalograms | Record of electricity in the brain |
Laminectomy | Surgical removal of vertebra |
Neurorrhaphy | Suture of nerve |