Nervous System Terms

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

gli/o

glial cells

lept/o

thin, slender

mening/o, meningi/o

membranes, meninges

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)

neur/o

nerve

pont/o

pons

radicul/o

nerve root (of spinal nerves)

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath (refers to the meninges)

vag/o

vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

alges/o, -algesia

sensitivity to pain

-algia

pain

caus/o

burning

comat/o

deep sleep (coma)

esthesi/o, -esthesia

feeling, nervous sensation

kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

movement

-lepsy

seizure

lex/o

word, phrase

-paresis

weakness

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)

-praxia

action

-sthenia

strength

syncop/o

to cut off, cut short

tax/o

order, coordination