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Nervous System
Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| caphal (o) | head |
| Cerebell (o) | little brain |
| cerebr (o) | cerebrum |
| Chrom (o) | color |
| cran (i) crani (o) | skull |
| cyt (o) | cell |
| dendr (o) | tree |
| disk (o) | a disk |
| dur (o) | dura, hard |
| encephal (o) | brain |
| esthei (o) | feeling |
| fibr (o) | fiber |
| gli (o) | glue |
| hypn (o) | sleep |
| lamin (o) | thin plate |
| later (o) | side |
| lob (o) | lobe |
| mening (i) mening(o) | membrane, meninges |
| ment (o) | mind |
| my (o) | muscle |
| myel (o) | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc (o) | numbness, sleep, stupor |
| neur (o) | nerve |
| pallid (o) | globus pallidus |
| papill (o) | papilla |
| phe (o) | dusky |
| poli (o) | gray |
| somn (o) | sleep |
| spin (o) | spine, a thorn |
| spondyl (o) | vertebra |
| vag (o) | vagus, wandering |
| ventricul (lo) | ventricle |