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Chapter 5
word parts
| cerebr/o, encephal/o | Brain |
| cerebell/o | Cerebellum |
| lob/o | Lobe |
| cephal/o | Head |
| crani/o | Head, Skull |
| mening/o, meningi/o | Meninges |
| dur/o | Dura(tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord) |
| neur/o | Nerve |
| gangli/o | Nerve bundle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| esthesi/o | Feeling, Sensation |
| phas/o | speech |
| phren/o, psych/o | Mind |
| somn/o, hypn/o, somn/i | Sleep |
| gnosi/o | Know |
| -mania | Excessive desire |
| -phobia | Excessive fear or sensitivity |
| -poresis | Slight or partial paralysis |
| ton/o | muscle tone, tension, pressure |
| kinesi/o, SOMETIMES kinet/o | Movement, motion |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -asthenia | weakness |