Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
MA 70 Mod 15 Nervous
Nervous System Combining Forms, Prefixes, Suffixes and Abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| para- | beside |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| dors/o, dors/i | back |
| dur/o | hard |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gli/o | glue |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| mening/o meningi/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phas/o | speech |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | pons |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| scler/o | hard |
| spin/o | spine |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (meninges) |
| vascul/o | vessels |
| ventricul/o | brain ventricle |
| ventr/o | front |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain, sensitivity |
| -cele | protrusion |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -oma | growth/mass/tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhage, rrhagia | bursting forth/profuse bleeding or leakage |
| -taxia | muscle coordination |
| ANS | autonomic nervous system |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CT | computerized tomography |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| CVD | cerebrovascular disease |
| EEG | electroencephalogram, electroencephalography |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| TENS | transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation |
| hemi- | half |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
Created by:
leschnei
Popular Medical sets