Ch 14 Nervous System Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
a- an- | away from; without; not |
-encephaly | condition of the brain |
phas/o- | speech |
express/o- | communicative |
-ive | pertaining to |
recept/o- | receive |
glob/o- | globe |
-al | pertaining to |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
-ia | condition; state; thing |
arteri/o- | artery |
ven/o- | vein |
-ous | pertaining to |
mal- | bad |
format/o- | structure; arrangement |
-ion | action; condition |
malign/o- | cancer |
-ant | pertaining to |
intra- | within |
crani/o- | skull |
cephal/o- | head |
alg/o- | pain |
cerebr/o- | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
astr/o- | starlike structure |
cyt/o- | cell |
-oma | tumor; mass |
ependym/o- | cellular lining |
gli/o- (glue cells) | cells that support |
blast/o- | immature; embryonic |
lymph/o- | lymph; lymphatic system |
meningi/o- | meninges |
olig/o- | scanty; few |
dendr/o- | branching structure |
vascul/o- | blood vessel |
infarct/o- | area of dead tissue |
isch/o- | keep back; block |
-emia | condition or substance in the blood |
hemi- | one half |
-paresis | condition of weakness |
pleg/o- | paralysis |
comat/o- | unconsciousness |
-ose | full of |
concuss/o- | violent shaking and jarring |
contus/o- | bruising |
de- | reversal of; without |
ment/o- | mind; chin |
sen/o- | old age |
-ile | pertaining to |
fibrill/o- | muscle fiber; nerve fiber |
-ary | pertaining to |
pre- | before; in front of |
retard/o- | slow down; delay |
lex/o- | word |
phot/o- | light |
phob/o- | fear; avoidance |
convuls/o- epilept/o- ict/o- | seizure |
post- | after; behind |
ton/o- (tens/o-) | tone; pressure |
clon/o- | rapid contracting and relaxing |
psych/o- | mind |
mot/o- kines/o- | movement |
foc/o- | point of activity |
hemat/o- | blood |
ventricul/o- | ventricle (lower heart chamber; chamber in the brain) |
sub- | below; underneath; less than |
dur/o- | dura mater |
hydr/o- | water; fluid |
-cephalus | head |
nuch/o- | neck |
narc/o- | stupor; sleep |
syncop/o- | fainting |
-cele | hernia |
myel/o- | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin |
radicul/o- rhiz/o- | spinal nerve root |
herni/o- | hernia |
trans- | across; through |
sect/o- | to cut |
para- | beside; apart from; two parts of a pair; abnormal |
-lysis | breaking; destroying; separating |
spast/o- | spasm |
my/o- | muscle |
troph/o- | development; nourishment |
scler/o- | hard; sclera (white of the eye) |
carp/o- | wrist |
hyper- | above; more than normal |
gemin/o- | set or group |
caus/o- | burning |
alg/o- | pain |
poly- | many; much |
fibr/o- | fiber |
-omatosis | abnormal condition of multiple tumors or masses |
-pathy | disease; suffering |
diabet/o- | diabetes |
angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gram | record or picture |
axi/o- | axis |
tom/o- | cut; slice; layer |
magnet/o- | magnet |
emiss/o- | to send out |
electr/o- | electricity |
potent/o- | being capable of doing |
somat/o- | body |
sens/o- | sensation |
conduct/o- | carrying; conveying |
somn/o- | sleep |
lumb/o- | lower back; area between ribs and pelvis |
punct/o- | hole; perforation |
man/o- | thin; frenzy |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
tract/o- | pulling |
cutane/o- | skin |
bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue |
-opsy | process of viewing |
excis/o- | to cut out |
endo- | innermost; within |
-ectomy | surgical excision |
-tomy | surgical incision |
disk/o- | disk |
lamin/o- | lamina (flat area of the vertebra) |
stere/o- | three dimensions |
tact/o- | touch |
surg/o- | surgery |
peritone/o- | peritoneum |
alges/o- | sensation of pain |
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