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Ch 17 & 9
Endocrine and Nervous Systems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ab/lat/ion | action to take away from |
| acro- | highest point, extremity |
| ad/ren/al | pertaining to toward the kidney |
| alges | sensation of pain |
| aneurysm | dilation |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| anti/di/uret/ic | pertaining to against complete urination |
| arteri/o | artery |
| astr/o | star |
| audit | hearing |
| axon | axis; single process of a nerve cell carrying nervous impulses away from the cell body |
| calc | calcium |
| cerebell | little brain |
| cervic | neck |
| cognition | knowledge |
| concuss | shake violently |
| contus | bruise |
| crani | cranium, skull |
| crin/o | secrete |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| dendrite | looking like a tree; branched extension of the nerve cell body that receives nervous stimuli |
| diagnost | decision |
| dict | consent, surrender |
| dips | thirst |
| ech/o | sound wave |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encepahl/o | brain |
| epi/dur/al | pertaining to above dura mater |
| epilep | seizure |
| epi/nephr/ine | pertaining to upon the kidney |
| esthesi/a | sensation, feeling |
| exophthalmos | protrusion of the eyeball |
| ganglion | collection of nerve cell bodies outside of the CNS |
| gemin | twin |
| gland | acorn |
| gluc/o/neo/genesis | creation of new glucose |
| hormon | chemical messenger |
| hyper/glyc/emia | blood condition of excessive sugar |
| hypo/glyc/emia | blood condition of deficient sugar |
| hypophysis | pituitary gland |
| -in | chemical compound |
| ket/o | ketone |
| lact | milk |
| megaly | enlargment |
| meninges | membrane |
| mot | move |
| myel/in | substance of the spinal cord; sheath around the axon of a nerve |
| myx- | mucus |
| nerve | a cord of fibers in connective tissue that conduct impulses |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neuron | nerve cell |
| occipit | back of the head |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olfact | smell |
| -or | doer |
| -ory | having the function of |
| oxy- | rapid |
| pancreas | sweetbread |
| pariet | wall |
| phag | eating |
| pheo- | gray |
| pineal | like a pine cone |
| pleg | paralysis |
| -plexy | stroke |
| press | press, close |
| pro- | before |
| saline | salt solution |
| somat/o | the body |
| somn | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| spinal tap | placement of a needle through an intervertebral space to withdraw CSF |
| thec | shield |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thymus | sweetbread |
| toc | childbirth |
| trochle | pulley |
| -tropin | stimulation |
| ultra- | beyond |
| ur | urine |
| vas/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricle | a cavity of the heart or brain |
| vuls | tear, pull |
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