Chapter 10: Nervous System: Combining Forms Flashcards
1
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
2
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
3
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dur/o
A
dura mater
4
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encephal/o
A
brain
5
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gli/o
A
glial cells
6
Q
lept/o
A
thin, slender
7
Q
mening/o
A
membranes, meninges
8
Q
meningi/o
A
membranes, meninges
9
Q
my/o
A
muscle
10
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord
or bone marrow in other contexts
11
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
12
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pont/o
A
pons
13
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radicul/o
A
nerve root (of spinal nerves)
14
Q
thalam/o
A
thalamus
15
Q
thec/o
A
sheath
refers to the meninges
16
Q
vag/o
A
vagus nerve
10th cranial nerve
17
Q
alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
18
Q
caus/o
A
burning
19
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comat/o
A
deep sleep (coma)
20
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esthesi/o
A
feeling, nervous sensation
21
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kines/o
A
movement
22
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kinesi/o
A
movement
23
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lex/o
A
word, phrase
24
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syncop/o
A
to cut off, cut short
25
tax/o
order, coordination
26
angi/o
vessel (blood)
27
cephal/o
head
28
crani/o
skull
29
cry/o
cold
30
hydr/o
water
31
narc/o
numbness, stupor, sleep
32
olig/o
scanty
33
spin/o
spine (backbone)
34
troph/o
nourishment, development
