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chapter 10a

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