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Lesson 8-Root Words
The Nervous System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| caus/o | burning, burn |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| concuss/o | shaken together, violently agitated |
| contus/o | bruise |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthet/o | feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception |
| mening/o | membranes, meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| neur/i | nerve, nerve tissue |
| neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| radicul/o | root, nerve root |
| Cerebell/o | Cerebellum |
| Crani/o | Cranium, skull |
| Gli/o | Glial cell |
| Meningi/o | Meninges |
| Poli/o | Gray matter of brain and spinal cord |