Med Term ch10

Question 1

cerebell/o

Answer 1

cerebellum =
coordination of voluntary movements and balance
lower back part of brain
*cerebellar
relating to or associated with the cerebellum; “cerebellar artery’

Question 2

cerebr/o

Answer 2

cerebrum=
largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory
* cerebrospinal fluid
Clear watery fluid that fills the space between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.

Question 3

dur/o

Answer 3

dura mater=
thick outermost layer of the meninges surrounding and protecting the brain and spinal cord. latin for “hard mother”
*subdural hematoma
A subdural hematoma is a collection of blood in the space between the outer layer (dura) and middle layers of the covering of the brain (the meninges)

Question 4

encephal/o

Answer 4

brain
*encephalitis
Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction

Question 5

gil/o

Answer 5

glial cells=
supportive and connective nerve cell that does not carry nervous impulses. examples are astrocytes, microglial cells, ependymal cells, and oligodendrodrocytes.
*glioblastoma
a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal

Question 6

lept/o

Answer 6

thin, slender
*leptomeningeal
(literally thin meninges) is a term used to refer to the pia mater and arachnoid mater

Question 7

mening/o

meningi/o

Answer 7

membranes, meninges=
three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord
*meningeal
affecting the meninges

Question 8

my/o

Answer 8

muscle
*myoneural
relating to both muscles and nerves, especially to nerve endings in muscle tissue.

Question 9

myel/o

Answer 9

spinal cord
(means bone marrow in other contexts)
*myelogram
X-ray film of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and subarachnoid space

Question 10

neur/o

Answer 10

nerve=
macroscopic cord-like collection of fibers (axons and dendrites) that carry electrical impulses
*neuron
nerve cell that carries impulses throughout the body
*neuropathy

Question 11

pont/o

Answer 11

pons=
is the part of the brianstem that means bridge
connects the cerebellum and the cerebrum

Question 12

radicul/o

Answer 12

nerve root

of spinal cord

Question 13

thalam/o

Answer 13

thalamus=
acts like a triage center. decides what is important and what is not . conducts impulses between the spinal cord and the cerebrum

Question 14

thec/o

Answer 14

sheath

refers to meninges

Question 15

vag/o

Answer 15

vagus nerve

10th cranial nerve

Question 16

alges/o, -algesia

Answer 16

excessive sensitivity to pain

Question 17

-algia

Answer 17

pain

Question 18

caus/o

Answer 18

burning

Question 19

comat/o

Answer 19

deep sleep

coma

Question 20

esthesi/o, -esthesia

Answer 20

feeling, nervous sensation

Question 21

kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, kinesis, kinetic

Answer 21

movement

Question 22

-lepsy

Answer 22

seizure

Question 23

lex/o

Answer 23

word, phrase

Question 24

-paresis

Answer 24

weakness

Question 25

-phasia

Answer 25

speech

Question 26

-plegia

Answer 26

paralysis | loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body

Question 27

-praxia

Answer 27

action

Question 28

-sthenia

Answer 28

strength

Question 29

syncop/o

Answer 29

to cut off, cut short

Question 30

tax/o

Answer 30

order, coordination