Ch 15 Word Parts Nervous System

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebellum, brain

dur/o

dura, dura mater

encephal/o

brain

gangli/o, ganglion/o

ganglion

gli/o

glia

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

myel/o

spinal cord

neur/o

nerve

poli/o

gray matter

radicul/o

nerve root (proximal end, closest to spinal cord)

rhiz/o

nerve root (proximal end, closes to spinal cord)

angi/o

blood vessels

blast/o

germ cell, developing cell

cephal/o

head

crani/o

cranium, skull

embol/o

plug

esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

ment/o, psych/o

mind

phas/o

speech

quadr/i

four

thromb/o

blood clot

para-

beside, beyond, around, abnormal

-iatrist

specialist

ictal

seizure, attack

ism

state of

-lysis

dissolution, loosening

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhage

excessive flow

-rrhaphy

suturing, repairing

-paresis

slight paralysis