Chapter 12 Flashcards
1
Q
alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
2
Q
arachn/o
A
arachnoid membrane
3
Q
astr/o
A
star
4
Q
ax/o
A
axis
main stem
5
Q
caus/o
caust/o
A
burning
6
Q
cephal/o
A
head
7
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
8
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
9
Q
comat/o
A
deep sleep
coma
10
Q
contus/o
A
bruise
11
Q
crani/o
A
skull
cranium
12
Q
dendr/o
A
dendrite
13
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
14
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
15
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
16
Q
esthesi/o
A
feeling
sensation
17
Q
gangli/o
ganglion/o
A
ganglion
collection of nerves
18
Q
gli/o
A
neuroglial tissue
glue
19
Q
gyr/o
A
folding
20
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
21
Q
hydr/o
A
water
fluid
22
Q
kines/o
A
movement
23
Q
mening/o
meningi/o
A
meninges
24
Q
my/o
A
muscle
25
myel/o
spinal cord
| bone marrow
26
narc/o
sleep
stupor
numbness
27
neur/o
nerve
28
plex/o
plexus
| network of nerves
29
pont/o
pons
30
radicul/o
nerve root
31
spin/o
spine
32
sulc/o
groove
33
synaps/o
| synapt/o
synapse
34
syncop/o
to cut off
cut short
fainting
35
tax/o
coordination
| order
36
thalam/o
thalamus
37
thec/o
sheath
38
vag/o
vagus nerve
39
vertebr/o
vertebrae
40
a-
| an-
no
not
without
41
brady-
slow
42
cata-
down
43
epi-
above
upon
on
44
eu-
good
normal
true
45
hemi-
half (right and left sides)
46
hyper-
excessive
47
hypo-
deficient
48
inter-
between
49
intra-
within
| into
50
macro-
large
51
micro-
small
52
mono-
one
53
oligo-
scanty
54
par-
other than
| abnormal
55
para-
```
near
beside
abnormal
apart from
along the side of
```
56
polio-
gray matter
57
poly-
many
| much
58
quadri-
| tetra-
four
59
sub-
under
| below
60
- al
- ar
- ic
pertaining to
61
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
62
-algia
pain
63
-cele
hernia
64
-cyte
cell
65
-ectomy
removal
| excision
66
-esthesia
nervous sensation
67
-graphy
process of recording
68
-ia
condition
69
-itis
inflammation
70
- kinesia
- kinesis
- kinetic
movement
71
-lepsy
seizure
72
-malacia
softening
73
-oma
tumor
mass
collection of fluid
74
-ose
pertaining to
full of
sugar
75
-paresis
weakness
76
-pathy
disease condition
77
-phoria
feeling
to bear
carry
78
-plegia
paralysis
79
-plasia
development
formation
growth
80
-rraphy
suture
81
-sthenia
strength
82
-tomy
incision
| process of cutting
83
-y
condition
| process
84
aneurysm
localized widening of a blood vessel
85
ataxia
lack of coordination
86
concussion
violent shaking of the brain
87
contusion
bruise
88
contraindication
any condition that renders a particular treatment undesirable
