Nervous System Root Words
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Created by:
kslade62 on November 10, 2010
Subjects:
medical terminology- nervous system
Classes:
CCV Med Term Dual Enrollment, CDC MP II
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33 terms
German | English |
|---|---|
 atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
| caus/o | burn, burning |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| clon/o | muscle spasm, to move violently |
| comat/o | deep sleep |
| convuls/o | pull together |
| crani/o | skull |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous |
| gli/o | glue, neuoglia |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| lept/o | slender, thin, delicate |
| lex/o | word |
| mening/o | meninges, membranes |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness, stupor |
| neur/o | nerve |
| poli/o | gray |
| pont/o | pons bridge |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| spin/o | spinal cord, spine |
| syncop/o | to cut short, cut off |
| tax/o | arrangement, coordination |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath |
| ton/o | tone, tension |
| tonic-clonic seizure | grand mal seizure |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| ventricul/o | ventricule of the brain or heart |
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