Medical Term

The largest portion of the brain is the

cerebrum
The peripheral nervous system is made up of the

cranial nerves and spinal nerves
The area of the brain responsible for respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure is the

medulla oblongata
The thin layer of the meninges is the

pia mater
The combinimg form nfor myel/o is

spinal cord
The combining form for encehal/o is defined as

brain
The combinujng form that means sensation, sensitivity, feeling is

esthesi/o
A combining form that mean four is

quadr/i
The combining form that means ming is

ment/o, psych/o
gli/o

glia,neuroglia
-iatry

treatment, specialty
gray matter

poli/o
-paresis

slight paralysis
encephalomyeloradiculitis

inflammation of the brain spinal cord and nerves
meningomyelocele

protrusion through the vertebral column of the meninges and the spinal cord
ecephalitis

inflammation of brain
neuroathropathy

disease of the nerves and joints
neuroma

tumor made up of nerve cells

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2010-12-19T19:33:18Z

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