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chapter 13 root NS
chapter 13 root words nervous system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arachn/o | spider |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum,brain |
| crani/o | cranium,skull |
| dendr/o | branching,dendrite |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephala/o | brain |
| gli/o | neuroglia,nerve cell |
| hydr/o | water,fluid |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord,(also bone marrow) |
| neur/o | nerve |
| olig/o | few, diminished |
| quadr/i | four |
| thec/o | sheath |
| thromb/o | clot |
| vascul/o | blood vessels |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| aque/o | watery |
| blast/o | immature |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| corne/o | cornea |
| dacry/o | tears |
| dacrocyst/o | tear sac |
| dipl/o | double |
| fund/o | fundus,base |
| glauc/o | silver,gray |
| ir/o,irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| ocul/o | eye |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye,vision |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| phac/o,phak/o | lens |
| phot/o | light |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | sclera,hard |
| uve/o | uvea |
| vitre/o | glassy,jelly-like |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| audi/o | hearing,sound |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| labryinth/o | inner ear,labyrinth |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myring/o | eardrum,tympanic membrane |
| ot/o | ear |
| rhin/o | nose |
| staped/o | stapes, middle ear bones |
| tympan/o | eardrum,tympanic membrane |