Ch 12 Nervous System (Combining Forms, Abbervations, Suffixs, Prefixes)

Alges/o

Sense of pain

Astr/o

Star

Centr/o

Center

Cerebell/o

Cerebellum

Cerebr/o

Cerebrum

Clon/o

Rapid contracting and relaxing

Concuss/o

To shake violently

Dur/o

Dura mater

Encephal/o

Brain

Esthesi/o

Sensation, feeling

Gil/o

Glue

Medull/o

Medulla oblongata

Mening/o

Meninges

Meningi/o

Meninges

Ment/o

Mind

Myel/o

Spinal cord

Neur/o

Nerve

Peripher/o

Away from center

Poli/o

Gray matter

Pont/o

Pons

Radicul/o

Nerve root

Thalam/o

Thalamus

Thec/o

Sheath, meninges

Tom/o

To cut

Ton/o

Tone

Ventricul/o

Ventricle

-paresis

Weakness

-phasia

Speech

-taxia

Muscle coordination

Olfactory

Function (Sense of smell), Number (I)

Optic

Function (sense of sight), Number (II)

Oculomotor

Function (controls eye muscles and the pupil of eye), Number (III)

Trochlear

Function (controls superior oblique muscles of the eye), Number (IV)

Trigeminal

Function (facial impulses and control of chewing muscles), Number (V)

Abducens

Function (controls the eyeball muscle that turns the eye to the side), Number (VI)

Facial

Function (controls facial muscles for expression, salivation, and taste on the anterior two thirds of the tongue), Number (VII)

Vestibulocochlear

Function (responsible for equilibrium and hearing), Number (VIII)

Vagus

Function (supplies abdominal and thoracic organs), Number (X)

Accessory

Function (controls tongue muscles), Number (XI)

Hypoglossal

Function (controls tongue muscles), Number (XII)

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

Rapid contracting and relaxing

Concuss/o

To shake violently

Crani/o

Skull

Cyt/o

Cell

Electr/o

Electricity

Dur/o

Dura matter

Esthesi/o

Sensation/feeling

Gil/o

Glue

Hal/o

To breathe

Hemat/o

Blood

Hydr/o

Water

Isch/o

To hold back

Later/o

Side

Lumb/o

Low back

Medull/o

Medulla oblongata

Mening/o

Meninges