mcgraw hill medical language - chapter 5

brain

cerebr/o, encephal/o

cerebellum

cerebell/o

lobe

lob/o

head

cephal/o

head, skull

crani/o

meninges (membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)

mening/o, meningi/o

nerve

neur/o

nerve bundle

gangli/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

myel/o

feeling, sensation

esthesi/o

speech

phas/o

mind

phren/o, psych/o

sleep

somn/o, somn/i, hypn/o

know

gnosi/o

excessive desire

-mania

excessive fear or sensitivity

-phobia

slight or partial paralysis

-paresis

muscle tone, tension, pressure

ton/o

arrangement, order, coordination

tax/o

paralysis

-plegia

weakness

-asthenia