cephal/o head cerebell/0 cerebellum cerebr/o brain gangli/o ganglion gli/o glue or gluelike lex/o word, phrase mening/o, meningi/o meninges myel/o spinal cord, bone marrow narc/o sleep, stupor neur/o nerve phas/o speech psych/o mind radicul/o nerve root spin/o spine sthen/o strength thalam/o thalamus ton/o tension, tone ventricul/o ventricle ADHD attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ANS autonomic nervous system CNS central nervous system CP cerebral palsy CSF cerebrospinal fluid CT computed tomography CVA cerebrovascular accident EEG electroencephalography EMG electromyogram GBS Guillain-Barre syndrome ICP intracranial pressure LOC level/loss of consciousness LP lumbar puncture MRI magnetic resonance imaging MVA motor vehicle accident MS multiple sclerosis OCD obsessive-compulsive disorder PNS peripheral nervous system SCI spinal cord injury TBI traumatic brain injury TIA transient ischemic attack TN trigeminal neuralgia

cephal/o

head

cerebell/0

cerebellum

cerebr/o

brain

gangli/o

ganglion

gli/o

glue or gluelike

lex/o

word, phrase

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

narc/o

sleep, stupor

neur/o

nerve

phas/o

speech

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

nerve root

spin/o

spine

sthen/o

strength

thalam/o

thalamus

ton/o

tension, tone

ventricul/o

ventricle

ADHD

attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

ALS

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

ANS

autonomic nervous system

CNS

central nervous system

CP

cerebral palsy

CSF

cerebrospinal fluid

CT

computed tomography

CVA

cerebrovascular accident

EEG

electroencephalography

EMG

electromyogram

GBS

Guillain-Barre syndrome

ICP

intracranial pressure

LOC

level/loss of consciousness

LP

lumbar puncture

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

MVA

motor vehicle accident

MS

multiple sclerosis

OCD

obsessive-compulsive disorder

PNS

peripheral nervous system

SCI

spinal cord injury

TBI

traumatic brain injury

TIA

transient ischemic attack

TN

trigeminal neuralgia