Chapter 9/10 Flashcards
1
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cephal/o
A
head
2
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contus/o
A
bruise
3
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encephal/o
A
brain
4
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esthes/o, esthesi/io
A
nervous sensation
5
Q
tax/o
A
muscle coordination
6
Q
dur/o
A
dura matter
7
Q
gli/o
A
glue
8
Q
hypn/o
A
sleep
9
Q
isch/o
A
back; to hold back
10
Q
medull/o
A
medulla oblongata
11
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
12
Q
phas/o
A
speech
13
Q
phren/o
A
mind
14
Q
pol/o
A
extreme
15
Q
poli/o
A
gray matter
16
Q
pont/o
A
pons
17
Q
psych
A
mind
18
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve root
19
Q
schiz/o
A
split
20
Q
somat/o
A
body
21
Q
synaps/o, synapt/o
A
to join, point of contact
22
Q
syncop/o
A
to cut off, short, faint
23
Q
tax/o
A
coordination, order
24
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thec/o
A
sheath(meninges)
25
traumat/o
trauma, injury
26
troph/o
development, nourishment
27
con-
with together
28
dys-
abnormal
29
-asthenia
weakness
30
-cele
hernia, swelling
31
-lepsy
seizure
32
-leptic
to seize; take hold of
33
-lysis
breakdown
34
paresis
weakness
35
-phasia
speech
36
-plegia
paralysis
37
-rrhapy
suture
38
-tropic
turning
39
-um, -us
structure, tissue
40
acous/o
hearing
41
ambly/o
dull, dim
42
blepar/o
eyelid
43
core/o
pupil
44
corne/o
cornea
45
dacry/o
tear duct
46
dipl/o
double
47
glauc/o
gray
48
gustat/o
taste
49
mi/o
less, smaller
50
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
51
myring/o
eardrum
52
nyct/o
night
53
ocul/o
eye
54
olfact/o
smell
55
ot/o
ear
56
papill/o
disc, nipple like
57
phac/o, phak/o
lens of an eye
58
presby/o
old age
59
salping/o
eustachian tube
60
scot/o
darkness
61
steat/o
fat, sebum
62
stigmat/o
point, mark
63
vitr/o, vitre/o
glassy
64
-metry
process of measuring
65
-ptosis
droop, sag
