Word Parts
Anatomy
Pathology
Procedures
Hodge Podge
100
The combining form for nerve.
What is NEUR/O?
100
The second largest part of the brain.
What is the CEREBELLUM?
100
The term meaning the inflammation of a nerve.
What is NEURITIS?
100
The procedure used to surgically repair a nerve.
What is NEUROPLASTY?
100
The inflammation of the spinal cord.
What is MYELITIS?
200
The combining form that means spinal cord or bone marrow.
What is MYEL/O?
200
The type of nerve that carries sensory messages towards the brain.
What is an AFFERENT NEURON?
200
The term meaning the inflammation of the brain.
What is ENCEPHALITIS?
200
A radiographic study of the spinal cord after the injection of a contrast medium through a lumbar puncture.
What is a MYELOGRAPHY?
200
A term meaning the violent shaking of the brain.
What is a CONCUSSION?
300
The combining form that means brain.
What is ENCEPHAL/O?
300
The connective tissue that encases the brain and spinal cord.
What are the MENINGES?
300
The term meaning the inflammation of the meninges.
What is MENINGITIS?
300
A procedure used to create a surgical incision into a nerve.
What is NEUROTOMY?
300
The inflammation of the sciatic nerve.
What is SCIATICA?
400
The combining form that means mind.
What is PSYCH/O?
400
The protective covering found on sound nerves.
What is a MYELIN SHEATH?
400
The term meaning the brief loss of consciousness.
What is SYNCOPE?
400
The term meaning to suture the ends of a severed nerve.
What is NEURORRAPHY?
400
A term meaning the abnormally increased spinal fluid in the brain.
What is HYDROCEPHALUS?
500
The suffix that means sensation or feeling.
What is -ESTHESIA?
500
The space between two neurons.
What is the SYNAPSE?
500
The temporary paralysis of the facial nerve.
What is BELL'S PALSY?
500
An ultrasound of the brain.
What is an ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY?
500
Damage to the brain that occurs when the blood flow to the brain is disrupted.
What is CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT?
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