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Combining Forms
Chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alges/o | sense of pain |
| astr/o | star |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| clon/o | rapid contracting and relaxing |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephala/o | brain |
| esthes/o | sensation, feeling |
| gli/o | glue |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | pons |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| thalam/o | thalamus gland |
| thec/o | sheath (meninges) |
| ton/o | tone |
| ventricul/o | brain ventricle |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cyt/o | cell |
| electr/o | electricity |
| hemat/o | blood |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | low back |
| my/o | muscles |
| neur/o | nerve |
| scler/o | hard |
| spin/o | spine |
| tom/o | to cut |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |