Nervous System Flashcards
1
Q
Ab-
A
Away from
2
Q
Acoust/I
A
Hearing
3
Q
Apo-
A
Above or upon
4
Q
Audi-
A
Hearing
5
Q
Aur/i-
A
Ear
6
Q
Blepharo-
A
Eyelid
7
Q
Canth/o-
A
Corner of eye
8
Q
Cataract
A
Waterfall or cloudiness
9
Q
Catarrh-
A
To flow down
10
Q
Cerebr/o
A
Brain
11
Q
Ceru-
A
Wax
12
Q
Chalaz/io-
A
Hailstone
13
Q
Cochle/o-
A
Snail-like
14
Q
Comato-
A
Deep sleep
15
Q
Concuss/I-
A
Violent shaking
16
Q
-conis
A
Cone-shaped
17
Q
Conjunctiv/o-
A
Joined together
18
Q
Convolo-
A
To roll together
19
Q
Corne/o-
A
Cornea or horn shaped
20
Q
Cortic/o
A
Bark, rind, cortex
21
Q
-cusis
A
Hearing
22
Q
Cycl/o-
A
Circle
23
Q
Dacryo-
A
Tear
24
Q
Dendr/o-
A
Tree-shaped
25
Dura-
Hard
26
-ellum
Lesser or smaller
27
Encephalo
Within head(brain)
28
Esthes/I
Physical feeling
29
Front/o-
Forehead or before
30
Glauc/o-
Waterfall or gray
31
Gli/o-
Glue or glue like
32
Hypn/o-
Sleep
33
Ide/o-
Idea thoughts emotion image
34
Mallus/incus/stapes
Hammer/anvil/stirrup (middle ear bones)
35
Intra-
Within
36
Ir/o-
Rainbow
37
-ites
Dropsy or drooping
38
Junctiv/o-
Joining or to join
39
Kerat/o-
Cornea or horny
40
Labyrinth
Maze (ear-balance)
41
-lepsy
Seizure or convulsions
42
Malle/o
Hammer
43
-mania, mani/o
Madness
44
Meat/o-
Opening
45
Mening/o
Membrane
46
Ment/o-
Mind
47
Mydri/o-
To widen
48
Myring/o-
eardrum
49
Narc/o-
Sleep
50
Nares
Nose opening
51
Nas/o-
Nose
52
Neur/o-
Nerve
53
Noct/I-, Nycto-
Night or blind
54
-noia
Mind
55
Ocul/o-
Eye
56
Olfact/o-, Osmo-
Smelling or smell
57
Opthalm/o-
Eye or eyeball
58
Opto-, opia-, -opsy
Vision, sight, eye
59
Orb-, orbit/o-
Circle or dish
60
Ot/o-
Ear
61
Palpebra-
Eyelid
62
Palsy
Slight or moderate paralysis
63
-paresis
Paralysis
64
Petit
Little illness
65
Phob/o-
Fear
66
Phon/o-
Voice or sound
67
Phor/o-
Feeling(mental)
68
Pia-
Gentle
69
Pinn/a-
Feather or feather like
70
-pleg/ia
Paralysis
71
-plexy
Paralysis
72
Poli/o-
Gray
73
Pons
Bridge
74
Presbyo-
Old
75
Propri/o-
Property (nerve stimuli or information)
76
Psych/o-
Mind
77
Pteryg/o
Winged
78
Pupill/o-
Pupil
79
Radic/o, radicul/o
Nerve root or spinal nerve
80
Retina
Net or net-like
81
Rhin/o-
Nose
82
Schiz/o-
Split or splitting
83
Scot/o-
Darkness
84
Senil/e-
Old
85
Somn/o-
Sleep
86
Staped/o
Stirrup
87
Strabism/o
Squinting
88
Sty/e
Raised
89
Tempor/o
Temple
90
Theo-
God
91
Tinnitus
Jingling tinkling ringing
92
Trochle/o-
Pulley or pulley like
93
Tympan/o-
Eardrum
94
Typh/o-
Stupor
95
Uve/a-
Grape
96
Vertigo
Whirling
97
Xen/o-
Strange or foreign