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