HSC3537 Module 12 Nervous System

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

cutane/o

skin

cyt/o

cell

dur/o

dura matter

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

gli/o

glue

hal/o

to breathe

hemat/o

blood

hydr/o

water

isch/o

to hold back

later/o

side

lumb/o

loq back

medull/o

medulla oblongata

mening/o

meninges

meningi/o

meninges

ment/o

mind

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal chord

neur/o

nerve

poli/o

gray matter

pont/o

pons

radicul/o

nerve root

scler/o

hard

son/o

sound

spin/o

spine

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath

tom/o

to cut

ton/o

tone

topic/o

a specific area

vascul/o

blood vessel

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle

vertebr/o

vertebra

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

protrusion

-paresis

weakness

-taxia

muscle coordination

schiz/o

split

somn/o

sleep

-mania

frenzy

peripher/o

away from center

amnes/o

forgetfulness

compuls/o

drive; compel

delus/o

false belief

depress/o

to press down

hallucin/o

imagined perception

obsess/o

besieged by thoughts

phob/o

irrational fear