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terminology ch. 13
Nerves of steel
Question | Answer |
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synaps/o and synapt/o | synapse |
dendr/o | dendrite |
ax/o | axis |
astr/o | star. |
micro- | small. |
oligo- | few |
dendr/o | branching |
-cyte | cell |
Mening/o and meningi/o | layers of connective tissue enclosing the CNS |
Dur/o | dura mater. |
Dura | tough |
Arachn/o | spider, |
gangli/o and ganglion/o | knotlike masses of nerve cell bodies located outside the CNS |
Plex/o | plexus or network |
encephal/o | brain |
myel/o | spinal cord (Remember, myel/o also means bone marrow.) |
sub- | below |
Crani/o | skull. |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
gyr/o | folding |
sulc/o | groove |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
concuss/o | shaken together |
-paresis | weakness. |
narc/o | stupor, |
lepsy | seizure |
-plegia | paralysis or weakness |
para | hind or lower portion |
-esthesia | sensation or feeling |
caus/o and caust/o | burning |
poli/o | gray |
Radicul/o | root. |
bifid/o | split or cleft. |