Nervous System
ASA
asprin
CNS
central nervous system
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
EEG
electroencephalogram
HA
headache
LOC
loss or level of consciousness
af
toward
al
pertaining to
algia
pain
an
without, absence of
baro
pressure
blast
tissue building cell
cele
herniation
cyte
cell
de
down from
dys
bad, painful, difficult
ef
away from
ferent
carry
glia
glue
graphy
process of making a picture or record
hemi
half
ia
state of, condition
intra
within
lepsy
seizure
mania
madness
mentia
mind
micro
very small
otomy
incision into, cut into
para
beyond, beside
paresis
partial, slight paralysis
pathy
disease
phasia
speaking
plegia
paralysis
polio
grey matter disease
poly
many
quad
four
radi
radiation
um
pertaining to
y
condition, state or quality of
alges/i
sense of pain
astr/o
star
blast/o
developing cell
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
small hind brain, cerebellum
cerebr/o
brain, cerebrum
crani/o
skull, cranium
cyt/o
cell
dendr/o
tree
disk
flat round structure, intervertebral disk
dur/o
dura mater, outer covering
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
gangli/o
ganglion, mass of nerve tissue
hormone
to excite, urge
hydr/o
water
kinesi/o
movement
megal/o
large
mening/o
meninges, lining
myel/o
spinal cord
neur/o
nerve, neuron
olig/o
few, scant
phrenia
mind
phych/o
mind
radicul/o
nerve root
rhiz/o
nerve root
reticul/o
network of cells
schiz/o
split
sense
feeling
soma
body
spin/o
spine
tax/o
coordination
vertebr/o
vertebrae
afferent
carry toward
astrocyte
star shaped cell
baroreceptor
pressure receptor
cerebrospinal
pertaining to the brain and spinal cord
cranial
pertaining to the skull
cranium
pertaining to the skull, term used to identify the skull
dendrites
branch of neuron, afferent function (tree cells)
efferent
carry away from
intracranial
pertaining to within the skull
kinesthetic
pertaining to movement
meninges
lining of the brain
microglia
small glue, neuroglial cells
neurohormone
to excite from nerves
neurology
the study of nerves
neuroglia
nerve glue, supporting cell
neuron
pertaining to the nerve
oligodendrocyte
specialized neuroglial cells, small cells with few processes (few tree cells)
spinal
referring to the spine
vertabral
pertaining to the vertebral column
ataxia
pertaining to without coordination
anesthesia
without feeling or sensation
craniotomy
incision into the skull
dementia
memory impairment
encephalitis
inflammation of the brain
encephalotomy
to cut into the brain
hemiparesis
half slightly paralyzed
hemiplegia
half paralyzed (left or right)
hydrocephalous
condition of water on the brain
a
abscence of, without
al
pertaining to
ar
pertaining to
bin
two, double
ectomy
surgical removal
ex
out
gram
record or picture
hyper
above, more than normal
hypo
below, less than
ic
pertaining to
infra
below, beneath
intra
within
ism
condition or state of
itis
inflammation
meter
instrument used to measure
metry
process of measurement
mono
single, one
opia
vision
ory
referring to, pertaining to
ostomy
create a surgical opening
otomy
surgical incision
ous
pertaining to
pexy
surgical fixation
phasia
speech
phobia
condition of fear
plasty
surgical repair
plegia
paralysis
ptosis
prolapse or drooping
scope
instrument used to view
sens
feeling
spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
y
condition or quality, the act or result of an action
acoust/o
hearing
audi/o
hearing, sound
aur/i
ear
blephar/o
eyelid
bucc/o
cheek
cac/o
bad or ill
chrom/o
color
chromat/o
color
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva, lining of the surface of the eye
core/o, cor/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
cry/o
cold
cyst/o
fluid filled sac
dacry/o
tears, tear duct
dipl/o
double
fovea
pit or depression
gloss/o
togue
irid/o
iris
kerat/o
cornea, horny, hard tissue
lacrim/o
tears
medi, media
middle
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
ocul/o
eye
olfact/o
smell
ophthalm/o
eye
ot/o
ear
phon/o
sound
phot/o
light
presby
aging, old, old age
retin/o
retina, inner lining of the eye
rhin/o
nose
staped
stapes, bone of the middle ear
ton/o
tension, pressure
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
vitre/o
glass-like, vitreous humor