Nervous System Combining Forms

isch/o

back; to hold back

lamin/o

lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)

lex/o

word

medull/o

medulla oblongata

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

phren/o

mind

pol/o

extreme

troph/o

development; nourishment

poli/o

gray matter

pont/o

pons

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

nerve root

schiz/o

split

somat/o

body

synaps/o, synapt/o

point of contact; to join

syncop/o

to cut off; cut short;

tax/o

coordination; order

tempor/o

the temples

thec/o

sheath (meninges)