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Nervous System123
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CEPHAL/O | HEAD |
| CEREBELL/O | CEREBELLUM |
| CEREBR/O | CEREBRUM |
| CRANI/O | CRANIUM;SKULL |
| DENDR/O | BRANCHING |
| ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
| GLI/O | NEUROGLIA;NERVE CELL |
| MENING/O | MENINGES |
| MYEL/O | SPINAL CORD (BONE MARROW) |
| NEUR/O | NERVE |
| OLIG/O | FEW;DIMINISHED AMOUNT |
| THEC/O | SHEATH |
| VENTRICUL/O | VENTRICLE |
| ARACHN/O | SPIDER |
| ELECTR/O | ELECTRICITY |
| HEMAT/O | BLOOD |
| HYDR/O | WATER;FLUID |
| QUADR/I | FOUR |
| THROMB/O | CLOT |
| AN-;A- | LACK OF; WITHOUT |
| DURA- | HARD |
| ECHO- | SOUND |
| EPI- | UPON;ABOVE |
| HEMI- | HALF |
| POLY- | MANY |
| SUB- | BENEATH;BELOW |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -CELE | HERNIA;PROTRUSION |
| -GRAM | RECORD;PICTURE |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -OSIS | CONDITION |
| -(O)TOMY | INCISION INTO |
| -PARESIS | PARTIAL PARALYSIS |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| ALS | AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS |
| ANS | AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| CP | CEREBRAL PALSY |
| CSF | CEREBBROSPINAL FLUID |
| CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT |
| EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALO- GRAPHY |
| HD | HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE |
| ICP | INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE |
| LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE |
| MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
| PEG | PNEUMOENCEPHALO- GRAM |
| PNS | PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| PPS | POSTPOLIO SYNDROME |
| SNS | SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| TENS | TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION |
| TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |