HSC 3537 Chapter 15

cerebr/o

cerebrum

encephal/o

brain

gli/o

glial glands

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

movement

lept/o

thin, slender

lex/o

word, phrase

meningi/o, mening/o

membrances, meninges

myel/o

spinal cord

neur/o

nerve

radicul/o

nerve root

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath

gangli/o

ganglion

narc/o

stupor, numbness

sthen/o

strength

ton/o

tension

ventricul/o

ventricle

alges/o

sensitivity to pain

caus/o

burning

cerebell/o

cerebellum

comat/o

deep sleep

dur/o

dura mater

esthesi/o

feeling, nervous sensation

pont/o

ponsa

syncop/o

to cut off, cut short

vag/o

vagus nerve

-praxia

action

-esthesia

feeling

-tropic

having an affinity for

-taxia

order, coordination

-algesia, -algia

pain

-paresis

partial paralysis

-lepsy

seizure

-phasia

speech

-sthenia

strength

-phoria

bear, carry, feeling

-thymia

mind

-mania

obsessive preoccupation

-leptic

to seize hold of

-plegia

paralysis