Nervous System

alges/o

sense of pain

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

astr/o

star

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

clon/o, don/o

rapid contracting and relaxing

cyt/o

cell

dur/o

dura mater

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

esthes/o

sensation, feeling

gli/o

glue

hemat/o

blood

isch/o

to hold back

later/o

side

lumb/o

low back

medull/o

medulla oblongata

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord

neur/o

nerve

poli/o

gray matter

pont/o

pons

radicul/o

nerve root

scler/o

hard

spin/o

spine

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath

tom/o

to cut

ton/o

muscle tone

vascul/o

blood vessel

ventricul/o

ventricle

-algia

pain

-asthenia, paresis

weakness

-cele

protrusion

-ectomy

surgical removal

-gram

record

-ia

condition, state

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, swelling

-osis

abnormal condition

-otomy

cutting into

-pathy

disease

-phasia

speech

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhaphy

suture

-taxia

muscle coordination

-trophic

pertaining to development

a-

without

an-

without

anti-

against

bi-

two

dys-

abnormal, difficult

endo-

within

epi-

above

hemi-

half

hydro-

water

hyper-

excessive

intra-

within

mono-

one

para-

abnormal, two like parts of a pair

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

partial

sub-

below

un-

not

ALS

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

ANS

autonomic nervous system

CNS

central nervous system

CP

cerebral palsy

CSF

cerebrospinal fluid

CVA

cerebrovascular accident

CVD

cerebrovascular disease

EEG

electroencephalogram, electroencephalography

HA

headache

ICP

intracranial pressure

LP

lumbar puncture

MS

multiple sclerosis

PET

positron emission tomography

PNS

peripheral nervous system

SCI

spinal cord injury

TBI

traumatic brain injury

TIA

transient ischemic attack