Chapter 15 - Nervous System

Question 1

Cerebr/o

Answer 1

Cerebrum

Question 2

Crani/o

Answer 2

Skull

Question 3

Dendr/o

Answer 3

Dendrite

Question 4

Encephal/o

Answer 4

Brain

Question 5

Gangli/o

Answer 5

Ganglion (knot or knot-like mass)

Question 6

Gli/o

Answer 6

Glue; neuroglial tissue

Question 7

Kinesi/o

Answer 7

Movement

Question 8

Lept/o

Answer 8

Thin, slender

Question 9

Lex/o

Answer 9

Word, phrase

Question 10

Meningi/o

Answer 10

Meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)

Question 11

Mening/o

Answer 11

Meninges (membrane covering brain and spinal cord)

Question 12

Myel/o

Answer 12

Bone marrow; spinal cord

Question 13

Narc/o

Answer 13

Stupor; numbness; sleep

Question 14

Neur/o

Answer 14

Nerve

Question 15

Radicul/o

Answer 15

Nerve root

Question 16

Sthen/o

Answer 16

Strength

Question 17

Thalam/o

Answer 17

Thalamus

Question 18

Thec/o

Answer 18

Sheath (usually referring to the meninges)

Question 19

Ton/o

Answer 19

Tension

Question 20

Ventricul/o

Answer 20

Ventricle (of heart or brain)

Question 21

-algesia

Answer 21

Pain

Question 22

-algia

Answer 22

Pain

Question 23

-aesthenia

Answer 23

Weakness

Question 24

-esthenia

Answer 24

Feeling

Question 25

-kinesia

Answer 25

Movement

Question 26

-lepsy

Answer 26

Seizure

Question 27

-paresis

Answer 27

Partial paralysis

Question 28

-phasia

Answer 28

Speech

Question 29

-plegia

Answer 29

Paralysis

Question 30

-taxia

Answer 30

Order, coordination

Question 31

Pachy-

Answer 31

Thick

Question 32

Para-

Answer 32

Near, beside; beyond

Question 33

Syn-

Answer 33

Union, together, joined

Question 34

Uni-

Answer 34

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