Glossary of Chapter 10 - The Nervous System
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- NEUR/I, NEUR/O
- nerve or pertaining to nerve tissue
- GANGLI/O, GANGLION/O
- ganglion
- PLEX/O
- plexus or network
- DENDR/O
- branching or resembling a tree
- AX/O
- an axis or mainstem
- SYNAPS/O, SYNAPT/O
- a point of contact
- GLI/O
- glue
- ENCEPHAL/O
- brain
- MENING/O, MENINGI/O
- meninges
- DUR/O
- dura mater
- EPI-
- upper, above, or upon
- SUB-
- below
- CEREBR/O
- cerebrum or brain
- CORTIC/O
- cortex or outer region
- CONVOLUT/O
- coiled and twisted
- GYR/O
- turning or folding
- SULC/O
- groove
- THALAM/O
- thalamus or inner room
- CEREBELL/O
- cerebellum
- MEDULL/O
- inner section
- MYEL/O
- spinal cord; also bone marrow
- SOMN/I, SOMN/O
- sleep
- NOCT/I
- night
- AMBUL/O, AMBULAT/O
- to walk
- NARC/O
- numbness or stupor
- -LEPSY
- seizure
- CEPHAL/O
- head
- HYDRO-
- water
- -CELE
- hernia
- CONCUSS/O
- shaken together
- CONTUS/O
- bruise
- HEMAT/O
- blood
- -PHASIA
- speak or speech
- POLI/O
- gray matter of the brain and spinal cord
- RADICUL/O
- root, nerve root
- -ESTHESIA
- sensation or feeling
- CAUS/O, CAUST/O
- burning
- ATHET/O
- uncontrolled