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Chp 10-Nervous Sys 5
Combining forms: Davi-Ellen Chabner The Language of Medicine 8th Edition
Question | Answer |
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cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
dur/o | dura mater |
encephal/o | brain |
gli/o | glial cells |
-blast | immature |
lept/o | thin, slender |
mening/o, meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts) |
polio | gray matter |
neur/o | nerve |
pont/o | pons |
-ine | pertaining to |
radicul/o | nerve root (of spinal nerves) |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath (of the meninges) |
vag/o | vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) |
alges/o, -algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
caus/o | burning |
comat/o | deep sleep (coma) |
esthesi/o, -esthesia | feeling, nervous sensation |
par- (para-) | abnormal |
kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
narc/o | stupor, sleep |
lex/o | word, phrase |
-paresis | weakness |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability tomove parts of the body) |
-praxis | action |
-sthenia | strength |
syncop/o | to cut off, cut short |
tax/o | order, coordination |
astr/o | star |
olig/o | few, scanty |
brachi/o | arm |