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terminology ch. 13
Nerves of steel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |