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Med Term Ch 10
Chapter 10 Med Term (Nervous System)
Term | Definition |
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Cerebello/o | cerebellum |
Cerebr/o | cerebrum |
Dur/o | dura mater |
Encephala/o | brain |
Gli/o | glial cells |
Lept/o | thin/slender |
Mening/o | membranes/ meninges |
Meningi/o | membranes/meninges |
My/o | muscle |
Myel/o | spinal cord |
Neur/o | nerve |
Pont/o | pons |
Radicul/o | nerve root of spinal nerves |
Thalam/o | thalamus |
Thec/o | sheath (of meninges) |
Vag/o | vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) |
Alges/o | excessive sensitivity to pain |
-algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
Caus/o | burning |
Comat/o | deep sleep (coma) |
Esthesi/o | feeling/nervous sensation |
-esthesia | feeling/nervous sensation |
Kines/o | movement |
Kinesi/o | movement |
-kinesia | movement |
-kinesis | movement |
-kinetic | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
Lex/o | word/phrase |
-paresis | weakness |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-praxia | action |
-stenia | strength |
Syncope/o | to cut off/cut short |
Tax/o | order/coordination |