Combining form words
This combining form refers to the head
What is the combining form cephal/o?
This lobe of the brain is located at the front of the brain.
What is the frontal lobe?
These waves are used to in cerebral angiography
What are x-rays?
This prefix/suffix refers to a half
What is the prefix hemi-?
These are the 2 main subdivisions of the nervous system
What are the central and peripheral nervous systems?
This combining form refers to the structure pons
What is the combining form pont/o?
These fatty covering help propagate the nerve signals in neurons
What are myelin sheaths? (or Schwann cells)
This career manages the consciousness of the patient during surgical procedures
What is an anesthesiologist?
This prefix/suffix refers to pain.
What is the suffix -algia?
This subdivision of the nervous system controls the flight or fight response in the body
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This combining form refers to the brain
What is the combining form encephal/o?
This layer of the brain is filled with spinal fluid and acts to absorb some force to the brain
What is the arachnoid?
This technique is useful for detecting tumors inside the brain Positron Emission Topography
What is Positron Emission Topography (PET)?
This prefix/suffix refers to being painful or difficult
What is the prefix dys-?
This type of neuron controls signals that are sent from the PNS to the CNS
What are afferent neurons?
This combining form means the gray matter in the brain
What is the combining form poli/o?
This structure is the most superior structure in the brain stem.
What is the midbrain?
These chemicals are used to help image structures in Positron Emission Topography
What are radiotracers?
This prefix/suffix refers to muscle coordination
What is the suffix -taxis?
This subdivision of the nervous system controls the skeletal muscles
What is the somatic nervous system?
This combining form refers to nervous sensations
What is the combining form esthes/o?
This structural feature divides the brain into a dorsal and ventral section.
What is the central sulcus?
These molecules are used to specifically target items of interest in Immunohistocompatibility
What are antibodies?
This prefix/suffix refers to feeling or sensations
What is the suffix -esthesia?
This term describes both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system
What is the autonomous nervous system?