Nervous system Terms

Question 1

Cerebell/o

Answer 1

Cerebellum

Question 2

Cerebr/o

Answer 2

Cerebrum

Question 3

Dur/o

Answer 3

dura mater

Question 4

Encephal/o

Answer 4

Brain

Question 5

gli/o

Answer 5

glial cells

Question 6

Lept/o

Answer 6

thin, slender

Question 7

Mening/o, Meningi/o

Answer 7

membranes, meninges

Question 8

My/o

Answer 8

muscle

Question 9

Myel/o

Answer 9

Spinal cord (means bone marrow)

Question 10

Neur/o

Answer 10

Nerve

Question 11

Pont/o

Answer 11

pons

Question 12

Radicul/o

Answer 12

nerve root (of the spinal cord)

Question 13

Thalam/o

Answer 13

thalamus

Question 14

Vag/o

Answer 14

vagus nerve

Question 15

Alges/o, Algesia

Answer 15

Sensitivity to pain

Question 16

-algia

Answer 16

pain

Question 17

caus/o

Answer 17

burning

Question 18

comat/o

Answer 18

deep sleep

Question 19

Esthesi/o, Esthesi/a

Answer 19

feeling, nervous sensation

Question 20

kines/o, kinesi/o, kinesia, kinetic

Answer 20

movement

Question 21

-lepsy

Answer 21

seizure

Question 22

lex/o

Answer 22

word, phrase

Question 23

-paresis

Answer 23

weakness

Question 24

-phasia

Answer 24

speech

Question 25

-plagia

Answer 25

paralysis (loss of mobility)

Question 26

-praxia

Answer 26

action

Question 27

-sthenia

Answer 27

strength

Question 28

-syncop/o

Answer 28

to cut off, cut short

Question 29

tax/o

Answer 29

order, coordination