Nervous system Combining forms Flashcards
(32 cards)
1
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
2
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
3
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
4
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
5
Q
gli/o
A
glial cells
6
Q
lept/o
A
thin, slender
7
Q
mening/o, meningi/o
A
membranes, meninges
8
Q
my/o
A
muscle
9
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord
10
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
11
Q
pont/o
A
pons
12
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve root
13
Q
thalam/o
A
thalamus
14
Q
thec/o
A
sheath (refers to meninges)
15
Q
vag/o
A
vagus nerve
16
Q
alges/o, -algesia
A
excessive sensitivity to pain
17
Q
-algia
A
pain
18
Q
caus/o
A
burning
19
Q
comat/o
A
deep sleep
20
Q
esthesi/o, -esthesia
A
feeling, nervous sensation
21
Q
kines/o, -kinesia
A
movement
22
Q
-kinesis, kinetic
A
movement
23
Q
-lepsy
A
seizure
24
Q
lex/o
A
word, phrase
25
-paresis
slight paralysis
26
-phasia
speech
27
-plegia
paralysis
28
-praxia
action
29
-sthenia
strength
30
syncop/o
cut off
31
tax/o
order, coordination
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