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*chapter 10
medical terminology
Question | Answer |
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cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
dur/o | dura mater |
encephal/o | brain |
gli/o | glial cells |
lept/o | thin, slender |
mening/o | memberanes, meninges |
meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
neur/o | nerve |
pont/o | pons |
radicul/o | nerve root (of the spinal cord) |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath (refers to the meninges) |
vag/o | vagus nerve ( 10th cranial nerve) wandering down to the thoracic and abdominal cavities |
alges/o & -algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
caus/o | burning |
comat/o | deep sleep (coma) |
esthesi/o & -ethesia | feeling, nerve sensation (pins and needles) |
kines/o kinesi/o -kinesia -kinesis -kinetic | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
lex/o | word, phrase |
-paresis | weakness |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body) |
-praxia | action |
-sthenia | strength |
syncop/o | to cut off, to cut short |
tax/o | order, coordination |
-asthenia | no strength, weakness |
quadr/i | four |
narc/o | sleep |
-blast | immature |
-ine | pertaining to |