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Nervous Sys
Combing Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ambul/o | walk |
| ambulat/o | walk |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| crani/o | skull |
| caus/o | burning |
| caust/o | burning |
| dendr/o | tree; branching |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gyr/o | turning; folding |
| hemat/o | blood |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| narc/o | sleep; stupor; numbness |
| plex/o | network |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| ton/o | tension |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cyt/o | cell |
| glauc/o | gray |
| phot/o | light |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| lex/o | word; phrase |
| ax/o | axis; axon |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cephal/o | head |
| contus/o | bruise |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| convolut/o | coiled and twisted |
| dur/o | dura mater; hard |
| gli/o | glue |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| ganglion/o | ganglion |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| medull/o | medulla |
| noct/o | night |
| neur/o | nerve; nervous system |
| neru/i | nerve; nervous system |
| poli/o | gray |
| sulc/o | groove |
| somn/o | sleep |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| iris/o | iris |
| aden/o | gland |
| pseud/o | false; fake |
| lept/o | thin; slender |
| sthen/o | strength |
| synapt/o | point of contact |
| kinet/o | movement |
| thec/o | sheath |