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