Language of Medicine Chapter 10 exams questions and answers fully solved
cerebell/o - Answerscerebellum
cerebr/o - Answerscerebrum
dur/o - Answersdura mater
encephal/o - AnswersBrain
gli/o - Answersglue
lept/o - Answersthin, slender
mening/o, meningi/o - Answersmembranes, meninges
my/o - Answersmuscle
myel/o - Answersspinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)
neur/o - Answersnerve
pont/o - Answerspons
radicul/o - Answersnerve root (of spinal nerves)
thalam/o - Answersthalamus
thec/o - Answerssheath
vag/o - AnswersVagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
alges/o, -algesia - Answersexcessive sensitivity to pain
-algia - Answerspain
caus/o - Answersburning
comat/o - Answersdeep sleep (coma)
esthesi/o, -esthesia - Answersfeeling, nervous sensation
kines/o, kinesi/o - Answersmovement
-kinesia, -kinesis - Answersmovement
-lepsy - Answersseizure
lex/o - Answersword, phrase
-paresis - Answersslight paralysis
-phasia - Answersspeech
-plegia - Answersparalysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
-praxia - Answersaction
-sthenia - Answersstrength
syncop/o - Answersto cut off, cut short
tax/o - Answersorder, coordination
hydrocephalus - Answersabnormal accumulation of fluid (CSF) in the brain
Spina bifida - AnswersCongenital defect in the lumbar spinal column caused by imperfect union
of vertebral parts ( neural tube defect)
Alzheimer disease - AnswersBrain disorder marked by gradual and progressive mental
deterioration dementia), personality changes, and impairment of daily functioning.
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - AnswersDegenerative disorder of motor neurons in the
spinal cord and brainstem.
cerebell/o - Answerscerebellum
cerebr/o - Answerscerebrum
dur/o - Answersdura mater
encephal/o - AnswersBrain
gli/o - Answersglue
lept/o - Answersthin, slender
mening/o, meningi/o - Answersmembranes, meninges
my/o - Answersmuscle
myel/o - Answersspinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)
neur/o - Answersnerve
pont/o - Answerspons
radicul/o - Answersnerve root (of spinal nerves)
thalam/o - Answersthalamus
thec/o - Answerssheath
vag/o - AnswersVagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
alges/o, -algesia - Answersexcessive sensitivity to pain
-algia - Answerspain
caus/o - Answersburning
comat/o - Answersdeep sleep (coma)
esthesi/o, -esthesia - Answersfeeling, nervous sensation
kines/o, kinesi/o - Answersmovement
-kinesia, -kinesis - Answersmovement
-lepsy - Answersseizure
lex/o - Answersword, phrase
-paresis - Answersslight paralysis
-phasia - Answersspeech
-plegia - Answersparalysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
-praxia - Answersaction
-sthenia - Answersstrength
syncop/o - Answersto cut off, cut short
tax/o - Answersorder, coordination
hydrocephalus - Answersabnormal accumulation of fluid (CSF) in the brain
Spina bifida - AnswersCongenital defect in the lumbar spinal column caused by imperfect union
of vertebral parts ( neural tube defect)
Alzheimer disease - AnswersBrain disorder marked by gradual and progressive mental
deterioration dementia), personality changes, and impairment of daily functioning.
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - AnswersDegenerative disorder of motor neurons in the
spinal cord and brainstem.
