unit 13 - nervous system: combining forms

alges/o

sensitivity to pain

angi/o

vessel

caus/o

burn, burning

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

comat/o

deep sleep

crani/o

skull

cry/o

cold

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

esthesi/o

feeling (nervous sensation)

gli/o

glial cells, neuroglial cells

hydr/o

water

kines/o

movement

lept/o

thin, slender

lex/o

word, phrase

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord

narc/o

numbness, stupor, sleep

neur/o

nerve

olig/o

scanty (few)

pont/o

pons

radicul/o

nerve root

spin/o

spine

syncop/o

faint

tax/o

order, coordination

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath

troph/o

nourishment, development

vag/o

vagus nerve