Chapter 9 - The Nervous System (Component) Flashcards
1
Q
esthes/o
A
sensation
2
Q
-pathy
A
disease
3
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
4
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
5
Q
ech/o
A
sound wave
6
Q
esthesi/o
A
sensation
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
largest part of brain
8
Q
alges/o
A
pain
9
Q
anti-
A
against
10
Q
-cele
A
hernia, swelling
11
Q
audit/o
A
hearing
12
Q
gloss/o
A
tongue
13
Q
in-
A
in, not
14
Q
-ous
A
pertaining to
15
Q
narc/o
A
sleep/stupor
16
Q
inter-
A
between
17
Q
hemi-
A
half
18
Q
thec/o
A
sheath
19
Q
derm/a
A
skin
20
Q
micro-
A
small
21
Q
-graph
A
instrument to record
22
Q
end-
A
within
23
Q
neur/i
A
nerve
24
Q
cephaly
A
head condition
25
crani/o
skull
26
hydr/o
water
27
mono-
one
28
a
no, not, without
29
tax/o
coordination
30
cephal/o
head
31
sedat/o
calm
32
lysis
destruction, separation
33
EEG
electroencephalogram
34
-ectomy
excision
35
cerebell/o
little brain
36
ven/o
vein
37
surg/o
to operate
38
-um
structure
39
pleg/o
paralysis
40
epi-
above, upon
41
-tome
instrument to cut
42
-ery
process of
43
drome
to run, runningp
44
para-
near, beside, abnormal
45
pharyng/o
throat
46
-ive
quality of
47
-algia
pain
48
arteri/o
artery
49
-logy
study of
50
re-
again, back, backward
51
miss/o
to send
52
poly-
much, many
53
hemat/o
blood
54
troph/o
developmentqu
55
quadri
four
56
-oid
resembling
57
pathet/o
suffering
58
ment/o
mind
59
an-
no, not, without
60
-itis
inflammation
61
-gram
record
62
gli/o
glue
63
-us
pertaining to
64
therapy
treatment
65
par-
near, beside, abnormal
66
-oma
tumors
67
somat/o
body
68
-cyte
cell
69
my/o
muscle
70
sym-
together
71
paresis
weakness
72
-in
chemcial compound
73
-al
pertaining to
74
vertebr/o
backbone
75
astr/o
star
76
dur/o
dura mater
77
thorac/o
chest
78
somn/o
sleep
79
-ic
pertaining to
80
-logist
specialist in the study of-
81
-eal
pertaining to
82
syn-
together, with
83
de-
without, away from
84
di-
two
85
-ion
action, condition
86
viscer/o
internal organs
87
arachn/o
spider
88
-graphy
process of recording
89
cervic/o
neck
90
-lysis
destruction, separation
91
spondyl/o
vertebrae
92
angi/o
blood iessel
93
intra-
within
94
mening/o
covering of brain and spinal cord
95
arter/o
artery
96
brachy-
short
97
-lemma
covering
98
hypo-
deficient, below
99
sub-
below
100
-lepsy
seizure
101
-ory
having the function of
102
spin/o
spine
103
-ia
condition
104
trophy
development
105
neur/o
nerve
106
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
107
-y
condition
