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Nervous System Prefexes/Suffixes and Combining Forms Flashcards

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-cyte

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Means cell

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-lepsy

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Means seizure

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-plegia

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Means paralysis

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Arachn/o

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Spider

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Astr/o

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Star

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Ax/o

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Axis or stem

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Bifid/o

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Split or cleft

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Caust/o and caus/o

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Burning

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Cerebell/o

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Pertaining to the cerebellum

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Cerebr/o

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Pertaining to the brain of cerebrum

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Contra-

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Means opposite

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12
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Crani/o

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Skull

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Dendr/o

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Dendrite or branching

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Dur/o

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The outermost and toughest fibrous membrane covering the brain and spinal cord, short for duramater

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Epi-

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Means above

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Gangli/o or ganglion/o

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Knot-like masses of nerve cell bodies located outside CNS

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Gli/o

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Glue

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Gvr/o

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Folding

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Ispi-

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Means same

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Mening/o and meningi/o

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Layers of connective tissue enclosing the central nervous system

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Myel/o

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Of the spinal cord or marrow

23
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Narc/o

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Stupor

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Neur/o or neur/i

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Nerve or nerve tissue

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Oligio-

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Means few

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Pachy-

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Means thick

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Plex/o

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Plexus or network

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Poli/o

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Gray

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Radicul/o

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Root

30
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Sub-

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Means below

31
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Sulc/o

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Groove

32
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Synapt/o and Synaps/o

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Space or point of contact

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