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Nervous Stm.
Nervous system medical terminology & abbrevs
Question | Answer |
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ambul/o,ambulat/o | walk |
athet/o | uncontrolled |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
concuss/o | shaken together |
crani/o | cranium,skull |
dendr/o | branching |
encephal/o | brain |
gyr/o | turning or folding |
hemat/o | blood |
mening/o | meninges |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
narc/o | numbness or stupor |
plex/o | plexus,network |
radicul/o | root, nerve root |
synaps/o,synapt/o | point of contact |
sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
ton/o | tone, tension, pressure |
ax/o | axis or mainstream |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cephal/o | head |
contus/o | bruise |
cortic/o | cortex/outer region |
convolut/o | coiled and twisted |
dur/o | dura mater |
gli/o | neuroglia, glue |
gangli/o,ganglion/o | ganglion |
kinesi/o | movement |
medull/o | inner section, medulla |
noct/o | night |
neur/o, neur/i | nerve, nervous system |
poli/o | gray matter of the brain/spinal cord |
sulc/o | groove |
somn/o | sleep |
thalam/o | thalamus,chamber |
ventricul/o | ventricle |