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CH 10: Part I Nervous System

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