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Nervous System
word roots for the nervous system - anatomy
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Undergraduate 1
03/02/2011
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nerv/o-
 Definition
nerve
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peripher/o-
 Definition
outer aspects
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crani/o-
 Definition
cranium (skull)
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cav/o-
 Definition
hollow space
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cerebr/o-
 Definition
cerebrum (largest part of brain)
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cortic/o-
 Definition
cortex (outer region)
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fiss/o-
 Definition
splitting
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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front/o-
 Definition
front
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pariet/o-
 Definition
wall of a cavity
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somat/-
 Definition
body
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sens/o-
 Definition
sensation
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gustat/o-
 Definition
the sense of taste
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tempor/o
 Definition
temple (side of the head)
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audit/o
 Definition
the sense of hearing
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olfact/o
 Definition
the sense of smell
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occipit/o
 Definition
occiput (back of the head)
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vis/o
 Definition
sight; vision
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thalam/o
 Definition
thalamus
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hypo-
 Definition
below
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ventricul/o-
 Definition
ventricle (lower heart chamber)
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empendym/o-
 Definition
cellular lining
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spin/o-
 Definition
spine; backbone
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arachn/o-
 Definition
spider; spider web
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mot/o
 Definition
movement
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ocul/o
 Definition
eye
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opt/o
 Definition
eye; vision
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trochle/o-
 Definition
structure shaped like a pulley (trochlear nerve moves eye muscle)
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gemin/o-
 Definition
set or group
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faci/o-
 Definition
face
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vestibul/o-
 Definition
entrance
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gloss/o-
 Definition
tongue
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vag/o-
 Definition
wandering
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access/o-
 Definition
supplemental part
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dors/o-
 Definition
back
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ventr/o-
 Definition
front; abdomen
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affer/o-
 Definition
bring toward the center
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effer/o-
 Definition
go out from the center
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astr/o-
 Definition
starlike
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micro/o-
 Definition
small
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olig/o-
 Definition
few
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pathet/o-
 Definition
suffer
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dendr/o-
 Definition
branch
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cyt/o-
 Definition
cell
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autonom/o-
 Definition
independent; self-governing
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recept/o-
 Definition
receive
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encephal/o-
 Definition
brain
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dur/o-
 Definition
dura mater
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esthes/o-
 Definition
sensation
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radicul/o-
 Definition
spinal nerve root
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rhiz/o-
 Definition
spinal nerve root
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