FINAL Nervous System Word

Combining Forms, prefixes, and suffixes

Cephal/o

head

dur/o

dura mater

encephala/o

brain

medull/o

medulla oblongata

neur/o

nerve

phren/o

mind

poli/o

gray matter

schiz/o

split

somat/o

body

synaps/o,snapt/o

point of contract, to join

traumat/o

trauma, injury, wound

con-

together; with

dys-

painful;difficult

hemi-

half

intra-

within; into

-algia

pain

-asthenia

pain

-cele

hernia, swelling, protrusion

-esthesia

feeling; sensation

-lepsy

seizure

-paresis

weakness

-rrhaphy

suture

-sclerosis

hardening

-taxia

muscle coordination

-trophic

turning