CH15 - Nervous System Flashcards
1
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
2
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
3
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
4
Q
gangli/o
A
ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)
5
Q
gli/o
A
glue; neuroglial tissue
6
Q
kinesi/o
A
movement
7
Q
lept/o
A
thin, slender
8
Q
lex/o
A
word, phrase
9
Q
mening/o, meningi/o
A
meninges (membranes covering the brain + spinal cord)
10
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
11
Q
narc/o
A
stupor, numbness, sleep
12
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
13
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve root
14
Q
sthen/o
A
strenght
15
Q
thalam/o
A
thalamus
16
Q
thec/o
A
sheath (usually referring to the meninges)
17
Q
ton/o
A
tension
18
Q
ventricul/o
A
ventricle (of heart or brain)
19
Q
-algesia, -algia
A
pain
20
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness, disability
21
Q
-esthesia
A
feeling
22
Q
-kinesia
A
movement
23
Q
-lepsy
A
seizure
24
Q
-paresis
A
partial paralysis
25
-taxia
order, coordination
26
pachy-
thick
