Studied by 50 people
cerebr/o
cerebrum
crani/o
cranium (skull)
encephal/o
brain
gangli/o
ganglion (knot or knot like mass)
gli/o
glue; neuroglial tissue
kinesi/o
movement
lept/o
thin, slender
lex/o
word, phrase
mening/o, meningi/o
meninges (membrane covering brain and spinal cord)
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
narc/o
stupor; numbness; sleep
neur/o
nerve
radicul/o
nerve root
sthen/o
strength
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
ton/o
tension
ventricul/o
ventricle (of heart or brain)
-algesia, -algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness, debility
-esthenia
feeling
-kinesia
movement
-lepsy
seizure
-paresis
partial paralysis
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-taxia
order, coordination
pachy-
thick
para-
near, beside; beyond
syn-
union, joined, together
uni-
one
nerve conduction velocity
test that measures the speed at which impulses travel through a nerve
electromyography
recording of electrical signals that occur in a muscle when it’s at rest and during contraction (assesses damage)
trephination
technique that cuts a circular opening into skull to reveal brain tissue and decrease intracranial pressure
ventriculoperitoneal shunting
relieves intracranial pressure by diverting excess cerebrospinal fluid from brain to peritoneal cavity
cerebrospinal fluid analysis
test to examine sample of fluid surrounding the brain
positron emission tomography (PET)
produces a cross-sectional image of metabolic activity of body tissues to determine presence of disease
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