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Ch15 Ner Sy & Psych
Nervous Sys & Psychological Disorders combining form & abbr
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dendr(o) | tree |
| nerv(o), neur(o) | nerve |
| gli(o) | neuroglia or a sticky substance |
| cerebell(o) | cerebellum |
| cerebr(o),encephal(o) | brain (cerebro sometimes means cerebrum |
| myel(o) | spinal cord (sometimes bone marrow) |
| mening(i), mening(o) | spider or arachnoid (a meningeal memebrane) |
| chem(o) | chemical |
| mechan(o) | mechanical |
| noc(i) | cause harm, injury or pain |
| phot(o) | light |
| therm(o) | heat |
| ir(o), irdi(o) | iris |
| kerat(o) | cornea; hard, horny |
| ocul(o), ophthalm(o) | eye |
| dacry(o), lacrim(o) | tear |
| opt(o), optic(o) | vision |
| audi(o) | audio |
| ot(o) | ear |
| pseud(o) | false |
| -ashenia | weakness |
| -esthesia | sensitivity to pain |
| ment(o), psych(o) | mind |
| phren(o) | mind or diaphragm |
| pyr(o) | fire |
| schist(o), schiz(o) | split |
| idio- | individual |
| ach | acetylcholine |
| add | attention deficit disorder |
| adhd | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| als | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| cns | central nervous system |
| csf | cerebrospinal fluid |
| cva | cerebrovascular accident, costovertebral angle |
| dsm | diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders |
| dtr | deep tendon reflex |
| eeg | electroencephalogram |
| icp | intracranial pressure |
| ms | multiple sclerosis |
| ocd | obsessive compulsive disorder |
| pet | positron emisson tomography |
| pns | peripheral nervous system |
| sci | spinal cord injury |
| tens | transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation |
| tia | transient ischemic attack |
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