Medical Term

  1. The largest portion of the brain is the
    cerebrum
  2. The peripheral nervous system is made up of the
    cranial nerves and spinal nerves
  3. The area of the brain responsible for respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure is the
    medulla oblongata
  4. The thin layer of the meninges is the
    pia mater
  5. The combinimg form nfor myel/o is
    spinal cord
  6. The combining form for encehal/o is defined as
    brain
  7. The combinujng form that means sensation, sensitivity, feeling is
    esthesi/o
  8. A combining form that mean four is
    quadr/i
  9. The combining form that means ming is
    ment/o, psych/o
  10. gli/o
    glia,neuroglia
  11. -iatry
    treatment, specialty
  12. gray matter
    poli/o
  13. -paresis
    slight paralysis
  14. encephalomyeloradiculitis
    inflammation of the brain spinal cord and nerves
  15. meningomyelocele
    protrusion through the vertebral column of the meninges and the spinal cord
  16. ecephalitis
    inflammation of brain
  17. neuroathropathy
    disease of the nerves and joints
  18. neuroma
    tumor made up of nerve cells
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