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CH 14 Nervous System
Root Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acces/o- | supplemental or contributing part |
| gemin/o- | set or group |
| affer/o- | bring toward the center |
| arachn/o- | spider; spiderweb |
| astr/o- | starlike structure |
| audit/o- | sense of hearing |
| autonom/o- | independent; self governing |
| cav/o- | hollow space |
| cerebell/o- | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) |
| cerebr/o- | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cochle/o- | cochlea (of the inner ear) |
| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
| crani/o- | cranium |
| cyt/o- | cell |
| dendr/o- | branching structure |
| dors/o- | back; dorsum |
| dur/o- | dura mater |
| effer/o- | go out from the center |
| encephal/o- | brain |
| cephal/o- | head |
| ependym/o- | cellular lining |
| esthes/o- esthet/o- sens/o- | sensation; feeling |
| faci/o- | face |
| fiss/o- | splitting |
| front/o- | front |
| gloss/o- | tongue |
| gustat/o- | sense of taste |
| meningi/o- mening/o- | meninges |
| micr/o- | one millionth; small |
| -glia (glue cells) | cells that support |
| mot/o- | movement |
| myelin/o- | myelin |
| myel/o- | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin |
| nerv/o- neur/o- | nerve |
| occipit/o- | occiput (back of the head) |
| ocul/o- opt/o- vis/o- | eye; vision; sight |
| olfact/o | sense of smell |
| olig/o- | scanty; few |
| pariet/o- | wall of cavity |
| pathet/o- -pathy | suffering; disease |
| peripher/o- | outer aspects |
| pharyng/o- | pharynx (throat) |
| radicul/o- rhiz/o- | spinal nerve root |
| recept/o- | receive |
| somat/o- | body |
| spin/o- | spine; backbone |
| tempor/o- | temple (side of the head) |
| thalam/o- | thalamus |
| transmitt/o- | to send across or through |
| trochle/o- | structure shaped like a pulley |
| vag/o- | wandering; vagus nerve |
| ventricul/o- | ventricle (lower heart chamber; chamber in the brain) |
| ventr/o- | front; abdomen |
| vestibul/o- | vestibule (entrance) |