10.1 Neurology Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
access/o | supplemental or contributing part |
affer/o | bring toward the center |
alg/o | pain |
alges/o | sensation |
angi/o | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
arachn/o | spider;spider web |
arteri/o | artery |
arter/o | artery |
astr/o | starlike structure |
audit/o | the sense of hearing |
autonom/o | independent; self-governing |
axi/o | axis |
blast/o | immature; embryonic |
bi/o | life; living organisms; living tissue |
carp/o | wrist |
caus/o | burning |
cavit/o | hollow space |
cav/o | hollow space |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) rapid contracting and relaxing |
clon/o | rapid contracting and relaxing |
cochle/o | cochlea (of the inner ear) |
comat/o | unconsciousness |
concuss/o | viloent shaking or jarring |
conduct/o | carrying; conveying |
contus/o | bruising |
convuls/o | seizure |
cortic/o | cortex (outer region) |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
cutane/o | skin |
cyt/o | cell |
dendr/o | branching structure |
diabet/o | diabetes |
disk/o | disk |
dors/o | back; dorsum |
dur/o | dura mater |
effer/o | go out from the center |
electr/o | electricity |
emiss/o | to send out |
encephal/o | brain |
ependym/o | cellular lining |
epilept/o | seizure |
esthes/o | sensation; feeling |
esthet/o | sensation; feeling |
excis/o | to cut out |
express/o | communicate |
faci/o | face |
fibrill/o | muscle fiber; nerve fiber |
fibr/o | fiber |
fiss/o | splitting |
foc/o | point of activity |
format/o | structure; arrangement |
front/o | front |
gemin/o | set or group |
gli/o | cells that provide support |
glob/o | shaped like a globe; comprehensive |
gloss/o | tongue |
lumb/o | lower back; area between the ribs and pelvis |
lymph/o | lymph; lymphatic system |
magnet/o | magnet |
malgin/o | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
man/o | thin; frenzy |
mening/o | meninges |
meningi/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind; chin |
micr/o | one millionth; small |
mot/o | movement |
myelin/o | myelin |
myel/o | bone nmarrow; spinal cord; myelin |
my/o | muscle |
narc/o | stupor; sleep |
neur/o | nerve |
nerv/o | nerve |
nuch/o | neck |
occipit/o | occiput (back of the head) |
ocul/o | eye |
olfact/o | the sense of smell |
olig/o | scanty; few |
opt/o | eye; vision |
pariet/o | wall of a cavity |
pathet/o | suffering |
peripher/o | outer aspects |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
phas/o | speech |
phob/o | fear; avoidance |
phot/o | light |
pleg/o | paralysis |
potent/o | being capable of doing |
psych/o | mind |
punct/o | hole; perforation |
radicul/o | spinal nerve root |
recept/o | recieve |
ratard/o | slow down; delay |
rhiz/o | spinal nerve root |
scler/o | hard; sclera (white of the eye) |
sect/o | to cut |
sen/o | old age |
sens/o | sensation |
somat/o | body |
somn/o | sleep |
spast/o | spasm |
spin/o | spine;backbone |
stere/o | three dimensions |
surg/o | operative procedure |
syncop/o | fainting |
tact/o | touch |
techn/o | techincal skill |
tempor/o | temple (side of the head) |
thalam/o | thalamus |
tom/o | cut; slice; layer |
ton/o | pressure; tone |
tract/o | pulling |
transmitt/o | to send across or through |
trochle/o | structure shaped like a pulley |
gustat/o | the sense of taste |
hemat/o | blood |
herni/o | hernia |
hydr/o | water; fluid |
ict/o | seizure |
infarct/o | area of dead tissue |
isch/o | keep back; block |
lamin/o | lamina (flat area on the vertebra) |
lex/o | word |
troph/o | development |
vag/o | wandering; vagus nerve |
vascul/o | blood vessel |
ven/o | vein |
ventricul/o | ventricle (lower heart chamber; chamber in the brain) |
ventr/o | front; abdomen |
vestibul/o | vestibule (entrance) |
vis/o | sight; vision |
log/o | word; the study of |
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