ALHS 1090 Chapter 15 Nervous System Word Elements

cerebr/o

cerebrum

crani/o

cranium (skull)

dendr/o

tree

encephal/o

brain

gangli/o

ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)

gli/o

glue; neuroglial tissue

lex/o

word, phrase

kinesi/o

movement

lept/o

thin, slender

mening/o

meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)

meningi/o

meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

narc/o

stupor; numbness; sleep

neur/o

nerve

sthen/o

strength

radicul/o

nerve root

thec/o

sheath (usually refers to meninges)

thalam/o

thalamus

ton/o

tension

ventricul/o

ventricle (of heart or brain)

-algesia

pain

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness, debility

-esthesia

feeling

-kinesia

movement

-lepsy

seizure

-paresis

partial paralysis

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-plexy

stroke

-taxia

order, coordination

-trophy

development, nourishment

contra-

against

pachy-

thick

para-

near, beside; beyond

syn-

union, together, joined

uni-

one