Ch.9 - Vocab

Autonom/o-

independent; self-governing

nerv/o-, neur/o-

nerve

pathet/o-

suffereing

peipher/o-

outer aspects

somat/o-

body

arachn/o-

spider; spiderweb

audit/o-

sense of hearing

encephal/o-

brain

cerebell/o-

cerebellum

cortic/o-

cortex; outer region

cerebr/o-

cerebrum

spin/o-

backbone; spine

dur/o-

dura mater

crani/o-

cranium; top part of the skull

cav/o-

hollow space

ependym/o-

celluar lining

fiss/o-

splitting

front/o-

front

gustat/o-

sense of taste

thalam/o-

thalamus

meninigi/o-, mening/o-

meninges

occipit/o-

back of the head; occiput

olfact/o-

sense of smell

pariet/o-

wall of a cavity

sens/o-

feeling

esthes/o-, esthet/o-

feeling; sensation

tempor/o-

side of the head; temple

ventricul/o-

chamber that is filled; ventricle

vis/o-

sight; vision

myel/o-

bone marrow; myelin; spinal cord

access/o-

contributing part; supplemental part

crani/o-

craium; top part of the skull

mot/o-

movement

faci/o-

face

gloss/o-

tounge

pharyng/o-

pharynx; throat

ocul/o-

eye

opt/o-

eye; vision

gemin/o-

group; set

trochel/o-

pully-shaped structure

vag/o-

vagus nerve; wandering

vestibul/o-

entrance; vestibule

cochle/o-

cochlea; spiral shaped structure

audit/o-

sense of hearing

affer/o-

toward the center

dors/o-

back; dorsum

effer/o-

away from the center

radicul/o-

spinal nerve root

rhiz/o-

spinal nerve root

ventr/o-

abdomen; front

astr/o-

star-like structure

ependym/o-

celluar lighting

micr/o-

one millionth; small

olig/o-

few; scanty

dendr/o-

branching structure

cyt/o-

cell

myelin/o-

myelin

transmitt/o-

send across; send through

recept/o-

receive

amnes/o-

memory loss

\-ia

condition; state; thing

retro-

backward; behind

\-encephaly

condition of the brain

anter/o-

before; front part

glob/o-

comprehensive; shaped like a globe

an-

not; without

a-

away from; without

phas/o-

speech

express/o-

communicate

dys-

abnormal; difficult; painful

\-ion

action; condition

arteri/o-

artery

mal-

bad; inadequate

format/o-

arrangement; structure

cephal/o-

head

alg/o-

pain

infarct/o-

small area of dead tissue

isch/o-

block; keep back

\-emic

condition of the blood; substance in the blood

log/o-

study of; word

hemi-

one half

pleg/o-

paralysis

comat/o-

unconsiousness

\-ose

full of

concuss/o-

violent impact

contus/o-

bruising

dis-

away from; lack of

lex/o-

word

phot/o-

light

phob/o-

avoidance; fear

epilept/o-

seizure

ict/o-

seizure

convuls/o-

seizure

athet/o-

without posistion or purpose

\-oid

resembling

\-cephalus

head

nuch/o-

neck

scintill/o-

point of light

\-ating

pertaining to having

scot/o-

darkness