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Nervous Stm.
Nervous system medical terminology & abbrevs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ambul/o,ambulat/o | walk |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| crani/o | cranium,skull |
| dendr/o | branching |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gyr/o | turning or folding |
| hemat/o | blood |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| narc/o | numbness or stupor |
| plex/o | plexus,network |
| radicul/o | root, nerve root |
| synaps/o,synapt/o | point of contact |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| ton/o | tone, tension, pressure |
| ax/o | axis or mainstream |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cephal/o | head |
| contus/o | bruise |
| cortic/o | cortex/outer region |
| convolut/o | coiled and twisted |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| gli/o | neuroglia, glue |
| gangli/o,ganglion/o | ganglion |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| medull/o | inner section, medulla |
| noct/o | night |
| neur/o, neur/i | nerve, nervous system |
| poli/o | gray matter of the brain/spinal cord |
| sulc/o | groove |
| somn/o | sleep |
| thalam/o | thalamus,chamber |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |