Nerve Flashcards
(46 cards)
1
Q
arachn/o
A
spider
2
Q
astr/o
A
star
3
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
4
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
5
Q
crani/o
A
cranium, skull
6
Q
dendr/o
A
branching
7
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
8
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
9
Q
esthesi/o
A
feeling, sensation
10
Q
gangli/o
A
ganglion
11
Q
gli/o
A
neuroglia, nerve cell
12
Q
gloss/o
A
tongue
13
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
14
Q
hydr/o
A
water, fluid
15
Q
mening/o
A
meninges
16
Q
myel/o, spin/o
A
spinal cord
17
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
18
Q
ocul/o
A
eye
19
Q
olig/o
A
few, diminished amount
20
Q
pont/o
A
pons
21
Q
psych/o
A
mind
22
Q
quadr/i
A
four
23
Q
radicul/o, rhiz/o
A
nerve root
24
Q
thec/o
A
sheath
25
thromb/o
clot
26
ventricul/o
ventricle
27
an-, a-
lack of, without
28
dura-
hard
29
echo-
sound
30
epi-
above, upon
31
hemi-
half
32
poly-
many
33
sub-
beneath, below
34
algia
pain
35
cele
hernia, protrusion
36
gram
picture, record
37
graphy
process of recording
38
itis
inflammation
39
malacia
softening
40
osis
condition
41
o/tomy
surgical incision
42
paresis
partial paralysis
43
pathy
disease
44
plegia
complete paralysis
45
matter that contains myelinated axons (rich in myelin)
white matter
46
the matter that contains the neuronal bodies
gray matter
