Nervous System Flashcards
1
Q
phas/o
A
speech
2
Q
tax/o
A
order or coordination
3
Q
lex/o
A
word or phrase
4
Q
top/o
A
place
5
Q
-paresis
A
slight paralysis
6
Q
phob/o
A
exaggerated fear or sensitivity
7
Q
meningi/o
A
meninges (membrane)
8
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum (little brain)
9
Q
stere/o
A
three dimensional or solid
10
Q
phren/o
A
mind
11
Q
-plegia
A
paralysis
12
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
13
Q
phor/o
A
carry, bear
14
Q
gangli/o
A
ganglion (knot)
15
Q
esthesi/o
A
sensation
16
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
17
Q
somn/i
A
sleep
18
Q
thym/o
A
mind
19
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebra
20
Q
encephal/o
A
entire brain
21
Q
ventricul/o
A
ventricle (belly or pouch)
22
Q
psych/o
A
mind
23
Q
ton/o
A
tone, tension
24
Q
mening/o
A
meninges (membrane)
25
somn/o
sleep
26
schiz/o
split
27
somat/o
body
28
crani/o
skull
29
kinesi/o
movement
30
thalam/o
thalamus (a room)
31
-mania
abnormal impulse (attraction) toward
32
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
33
-lepsy
seizure
34
hypn/o
sleep
35
spondyl/o
vertebra
36
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
37
narc/o
stupor, sleep
38
spin/o
spine (thorn)
39
cata-
down
40
gli/o
glue
41
gnos/o
knowing
