Chabner12-Ch10Parts Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | embryonic; immature cell |
| caus/o | burn; burning |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum (posterior part of brain) |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of brain) |
| comat/o | deep sleep |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthesi/o | nervous sensation (feeling) |
| -esthesia | nervous sensation (feeling) |
| gli/o | glial cells; neurological cells (supportive tissue of nervous system) |
| kines/o | movement |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -kinetic | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| lex/o | word; phrase |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes covering spinal cord and brain) |
| meningi/o | meninges (membranes covering spinal cord and brain) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| neur/o | nerve |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis; palsy |
| pont/o | pons (a part of the brain) |
| -praxia | action |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| -sthenia | strength |
| syncop/o | to cut off; cut short; faint |
| tax/o | order; coordination |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| BBB | blood brain barrier (not used, confused with bundle branch block |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CT | [Computed Tomography] |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| EEG | electroencephalogram |
| LP | lumbar puncture (spinal tap) |
| MRA | magnetic resonance angiography |
| MRI | [Magnetic Resonance Imaging] |
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