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Nervous System & Psychiatry - Q – Term Components & A – Meaning
Question | Answer |
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cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
cerebell/o | cerebellum (little brain) |
crani/o | skull |
encephal/o | entire brain |
esthesi/o | sensation |
gangli/o | ganglion (knot) |
gli/o | glue |
gnos/o | knowing |
kinesi/o | movement |
lex/o | word or phrase |
mening/o, meningi/o | meninges (membrane) |
myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
narc/o | stupor or sleep |
neur/o | nerve |
phas/o | speech |
phob/o | exaggerated fear or sensitivity |
phor/o | carry or bear |
phren/o, psych/o, thym/o | mind |
schiz/o | split |
somat/o | body |
somn/o, somn/i, hypn/o | sleep |
spin/o | spine (thorn) |
spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
stere/o | three-dimensional or solid |
tax/o | order or coordination |
thalam/o | thalamus (a room) |
ton/o | tone or tension |
top/o | place |
ventricul/o | ventricle (belly or pouch) |
Prefix | 0 |
cata- | down |
Suffixes | 0 |
-asthenia | weakness |
-lepsy | seizure |
-mania | condition of abnormal impulse toward |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-plegia | paralysis |