From Textbook (Treatment Medical Terminology) - Unit 10: The Nervous System

arter/o-

artery

bi/o-

life; living organism; living tissue

crani/o-

cranium; skull

cutane/o-

skin

disk/o-

disk

excis/o-

cut out

lamin/o-

flat area on a vertebra; lamina

lumb/o-

area between the ribs and pelvis; lower back

man/o-

frenzy; thin

ment/o-

chin; mind

neur/o-

nerve

peritone/o-

peritoneum

punct/o-

hole; perforation

rhiz/o-

spinal nerve root

stere/o-

three dimensions

surg/o-

operative procedure

tact/o-

touch

tract/o-

pulling

ventricul/o-

chamber that is filled; ventricle

endo-

innermost; within

trans-

across; through

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ery

process

-ic

pertaining to

-ion

action; condition

-meter

instrument used to measure

-opsy

process of viewing

-ous

pertaining to

-tomy

process of cutting; process of making an incision

-ure

result of; system