Nervous System and Circulatory System

cephal/o

skull

encephal/o

within the skull

myel/o

spinal cord

mening/o

meninges

psych/o

mind

somat/o

body

gli/o

neuroglia

dipl/o

double

phot/o

light

macr/o

large

claustr/o

closed spaces

schiz/o

split

scler/o

hard

narc/o

sleep

gloss/o

tongue

nas/o

nose

neur/o

nerve

my/o

muscle

kinesi/o

motion c/f

pleg/o

paralysis c/f

onc/o

cancer

phas/o

speech

blephar/o

eyelid

nyctal/o

night

micr/o

small

electr/o

electricity

pseud/o

false

esthesi/o

sensation c/f

leps/o

seizure c/f

cut/o

skin

aur/o

ear

ocul/o

eye

-lexia

phrases

-asthenia

weakness

-orexia

appetite

-kinesia

motion

-cyte

cell

-itis

inflammation

-plasty

surgical repair

-gram

record of

-cele

herniation

-pathy

disease

-ptosis

drooping

-esthesia

sensation - suffix

-lepsy

seizure

-mania

madness

-plegia

paralysis

-logy

to study

-oma

tumor

-tomy

cut into

-tome

instrument used to cut

-opia

pertaining to vision

-blast

immature

dia-

through

en-

inside

inter-

between

mid-

middle

syn-

joined together

pre-

before

hemi-

half

hypo-

below

micro-

small

para-

beside

intra-

within

epi-

upon

extra-

outside

ANS

autonomic nervous system

CNS

central nervous system

CSF

cerebrospinal fluid

CVA

cerebrovascular accident

EEG

electrocephalogram

ECG

electrocardiogram

LP

lumbar puncture

MS

multiple sclerosis

TBI

traumatic brain injury

cardi/o

heart

endocardi/o

inside membrane of the heart

myocardi/o

muscle of the heart

pericardi/o

pertaining to around the heart

atri/o

atrium

sept/o

partition

vas/o

vessel

phleb/o

vein

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arterioles

pulmon/o

lung

aden/o

gland

splen/o

spleen

lymphat/o

lymphatic

lymphangl/o

lymph vessel

tonsill/o

tonsils

ather/o

plaque

thromb/o

clot

embol/o

foreign body

varic/o

twisted

hemat/o

blood

scler/o

hard

sten/o

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