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ch 10 nervous system vocab

  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
    membranes, meninges
  8. meningi/o
    membranes, meninges
  9. my/o
    muscle
  10. myel/o
    spinal cord
  11. neur/o
    nerve
  12. pont/o
    pons
  13. radicul/o
    nerve root
  14. thalam/o
    thalamus
  15. thec/o
    sheath
  16. vag/o
    vagus nerve
  17. alges/o
    excessive sensitivity to pain
  18. -algesia
    excessive sensitivity to pain
  19. -algia
    pain
  20. caus/o
    burning
  21. comat/o
    deep sleep
  22. esthesi/o
    feeling, nervous sensation
  23. -esthesia
    feeling, nervous sensation
  24. kines/o
    movement
  25. kinesi/o
    movement
  26. -kinesia
    movement
  27. -kinesis
    movement
  28. -kinetic
    movement
  29. -lepsy
    seizure
  30. lex/o
    word, phrase
  31. -paresis
    weakness
  32. -phasia
    speech
  33. -plegia
    paralysis
  34. -praxia
    action
  35. -sthenia
    strength
  36. syncop/o
    to cut off, cut short
  37. tax/o
    order, coordination
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