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Chp 10-Nervous Sys 5
Combining forms: Davi-Ellen Chabner The Language of Medicine 8th Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gli/o | glial cells |
| -blast | immature |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| mening/o, meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts) |
| polio | gray matter |
| neur/o | nerve |
| pont/o | pons |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| radicul/o | nerve root (of spinal nerves) |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (of the meninges) |
| vag/o | vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) |
| alges/o, -algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| caus/o | burning |
| comat/o | deep sleep (coma) |
| esthesi/o, -esthesia | feeling, nervous sensation |
| par- (para-) | abnormal |
| kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| narc/o | stupor, sleep |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability tomove parts of the body) |
| -praxis | action |
| -sthenia | strength |
| syncop/o | to cut off, cut short |
| tax/o | order, coordination |
| astr/o | star |
| olig/o | few, scanty |
| brachi/o | arm |