Chapter 9 Word Parts Flashcards by esther a

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anxi/o

A

anxious; uneasy

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum
pg. 243
the one with thin lines

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum
pg. 243
the whole big squiggles on the brain

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contus/o

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to bruise

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crani/o

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skull

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dur/o

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dura mater
the outer layer of meninges

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encephal/o

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brain

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esthes/o or esthesi/o

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nervous sensation

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gli/o

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glue

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hydr/o

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water

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hypn/o

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sleep

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isch/o

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back; to hold back

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lamin/o

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lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)

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lex/o

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word

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medull/o

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medulla oblongata
pg. 243

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mening/o or meningi/o

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meninges
has 3 layers of protection

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neur/o

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nerve

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phas/o

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speech

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phob/o

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fear

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phren/o

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mind

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pol/o

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extreme

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poli/o

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gray matter
part of a nerve cell

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pont/o

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pons
another area of the stem (similar to medulla)

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psych/o

mind

radicul/o

nerve root

schiz/o

split

somat/o

body

synaps/o or synapt/o

point of contact; to join space between 2 neurons

syncope/o

to cut off; cut short; faint

tax/o

coordination; order

tempor/o

the temples

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath (meninges)

traumat/o

trauma; injury; wound

troph/o

development; nourishment

ventricul/o

ventricle pg. 245 holds fluid that they produce

bi-

two; both

con-

together; with

dys-

painful; difficult

en-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

hemi-

half left half and right half, not top and bottom halves

intra-

within; into

mono-

one; single

par-, para-

near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

quadri-

four

sub-

below; under

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ial

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-algesia

pain; sensitivity

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

hernia; swelling; protusion

-e

noun suffix with no meaning

-emic

pertaining to blood condition

-esthesia

feeling; sensation

-ia

condition

-ion

process; state; condition

-lepsy

seizure

-leptic

to seize; take hold of

-lysis

breakdown; separation; loosening

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

-orexia

appetite

-osis

abnormal condition

-paresis

weakness

-phasia

speech

-phegia

paralysis

-rragic

pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)

-rraphy

suture

-sclerosis

hardening; thicken

-taxia

muscle coordination

-tropic

turning

-um, -us

structure; tissue; thing