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nervous system
Chabner, The Language of Medicine 8th edition chapter 10 combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gli/o | glial cells |
| lept/o | thin, slender pai and arachnoid membranes are known as leptomeninges |
| mening/o, meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts) |
| neur/o | nerve |
| pont/o | pons |
| radicul/o | nerve root (of spinal nerves) |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (refers to the meninges) |
| vag/o | vagus nerve ( 10th cranial nerve) |
| alges/o , -algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| caus/o | burning causalgia=intense burning pain following injury to sensory nerve |
| comat/o | deep sleep (coma) |
| esthesi/o , -esthesia | feeling, nervous sensation |
| kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -praxia | action |
| -sthenia | strength |
| syncop/o | to cut off, cut short |
| tax/o | order, coordination |