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nervous term
Question | Answer |
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ambul/o | walk |
athet/o | uncontrolled |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
concuss/o | shaken together |
crani/o | cranium, skull |
caus/o, caust/o | burning |
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 |
radicul/o | root, nerve root |
synaps/o | point of contact |
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 |
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 |
ventrul/o | ventricle |
thec/o | sheath |
sthen/o | strength |
lept/o | thin, slender |
lex/o | word, phrase |
-algia, | pain |
-algesia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-esthesia | feeling |
-kinesia | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
-paresis | partial paralysis |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-taxia | order; coodination |
-cele | herniation, hernia |
pachy- | thick |
para- | near, beside, beyond |
syn- | union, together, joined |
uni- | one |
hydro- | water |