Terms pg. 37-38; 83-84

Question 1

arachn-

Answer 1

spider’s web (arachnoid mater - the middle meningeal layer that envelopes the central nervous system)

Question 2

brachium

Answer 2

arm (brachium of inferior colliculus - arm of the auditory nucleus located in the midbrain)

Question 3

colliculus

Answer 3

bump (inferior colliculus - the auditory nucleus located in the midbrain)

Question 4

cortex

Answer 4

outer “bark” or covering (cerebral cortex - outer surface features covering of the lobes of the brain)

Question 5

di-

Answer 5

through (diencephalon - centrally located region of the brain that develops from the prosencephalon; includes thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus)

Question 6

dura

Answer 6

hard, tough (dura mater - the most superficial and toughest layer of the meninges; cranial dura is double layered, spinal dura is single layered)

Question 7

-encephalon

Answer 7

pertaining to the brain (diencephalon - centrally located region of the brain that develops from the prosencephalon; includes thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus)

Question 8

falx

Answer 8

sickle-shaped (falx cerebelli - sickle cell-shaped extention of of hte dura mater found between the cerebellar hemispheres)

Question 9

fasciculus

Answer 9

bundle (dorsal fasciculus - the dorsal or posterior region spinal cord white matter where ascending bundles of nerve fibers are found)

Question 10

glosso-

Answer 10

tongue (glossophayngeus - cranial nerve IX; innervates some pharyngeal and lingual muscles, trasmits taste and sensation from the throat)

Question 11

lemniscus

Answer 11

ribbon (lateral lemniscus - the auditory tract or nerve bundle located on the lateral edge of the pons between the superior olivary nucleus and the inferior colliculus)

Question 12

mes-

Answer 12

middle (mesencephalon - the midbrain)

Question 13

met-

Answer 13

after (metencephalon - developed from the rhombencephalon; consists of pons and cerebellum)

Question 14

myel-

Answer 14

marrow (myelencephalon -

Question 15

peduncle

Answer 15

bridge (cerebral peduncle -

Question 16

phagein

Answer 16

to eat (phagocyte -

Question 17

pros-

Answer 17

at (prosencephalon -

Question 18

radiation

Answer 18

fanning out (auditory radiations -

Question 19

rhomb-

Answer 19

diamond shaped (rhombencephalon -

Question 20

sub-

Answer 20

below (subcortical -

Question 21

tel-

Answer 21

end (telencephalon -

Question 22

trigone

Answer 22

triangular ridge (hypoglossal trigone -

Question 23

a-

Answer 23

without, absent, negative (aphasia -

Question 24

arterio-

Answer 24

artery (arteriosclerosis -

Question 25

brady-

Answer 25

**slow** (*brady*kinesia -

Question 26

dys-

Answer 26

**bad or difficult** (*dys*arthria -

Question 27

hemi

Answer 27

**one-half** (*hemi*paresis -

Question 28

hyper

Answer 28

**too much** (*hyper*tonic -

Question 29

hypo

Answer 29

**too little** (*hypo*tonic -

Question 30

kinetic/kinesia

Answer 30

**movement** (hyper*kinetic* -

Question 31

neo-

Answer 31

**new** (*neo*cortex -

Question 32

-oma

Answer 32

**tumor, growth** (astrocyt*oma* -

Question 33

-osis

Answer 33

**state of disease** (arterioscler*osis* -

Question 34

-rrhea

Answer 34

**flow, discharge** (logo*rrhea* -

Question 35

scler-

Answer 35

**scar, plaque** (multiple *scler*osis -

Question 36

-sia

Answer 36

**abnormal or pathological state** (dyskine*sia* -