Exam 2 Med Term Roots

asthenia

weakness

mania

excessive desire

cephal/o

head

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord

cerebell/o

cerebellum

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

cerebr/o

brain

neur/o

nerve

crani/o

head, skull

paresis

slight or partial paralysis

dur/o

tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord

phas/o

speech

encephal/o

brain

esthesi/o

feeling, sensation

gangli/o

nerve bundle

gnosi/o

know

hypn/o

sleep

lob/o

lobe

phobia

excessive fear

phren/o

mind

plegia

paralysis

psych/o

mind

somn/o, somn/i

sleep

tax/o

arrangement, order, coordination

ton/o

muscle tone, tension

prosop/o

face

ictal

seizure

clonus

turmoil

-physis

growth

oste/o

bone

crani/o

skull

cervic/o

neck

spondyl/o

vertebra

lumb/o

lower back

brachi/o

arm

dactyl/o

finger

carp/o

wrist

cost/o

rib

femor/o

femur

tibi/o

tibia (shinbone)

tars/o

ankle

chondr/o

cartilage

arth/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendon

muscul/o, my/o, myos/o

muscle

fasci/o

fascia (fibrous connective tissue binding muscles together)

ton/o

tone, tension

kinesi/o

movement

tax/o

arrangement

ankyl/o

stiff