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*chapter 10
medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gli/o | glial cells |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| mening/o | memberanes, meninges |
| meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| neur/o | nerve |
| pont/o | pons |
| radicul/o | nerve root (of the spinal cord) |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (refers to the meninges) |
| vag/o | vagus nerve ( 10th cranial nerve) wandering down to the thoracic and abdominal cavities |
| alges/o & -algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| caus/o | burning |
| comat/o | deep sleep (coma) |
| esthesi/o & -ethesia | feeling, nerve sensation (pins and needles) |
| kines/o kinesi/o -kinesia -kinesis -kinetic | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body) |
| -praxia | action |
| -sthenia | strength |
| syncop/o | to cut off, to cut short |
| tax/o | order, coordination |
| -asthenia | no strength, weakness |
| quadr/i | four |
| narc/o | sleep |
| -blast | immature |
| -ine | pertaining to |