Combining Forms
This combining form is used for the anatomy term cerebellum.
What is cerebell/o?
This is the term for the collection of nerves that are within the spinal cavity and surrounded by backbones.
What is the spinal cord?
This pathologic condition is due to the inflammation of the membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
What is meningitis?
This procedure is the x-ray imaging of the blood vessels in the brain after the injection of contrast material into an artery.
What is a cerebral angiography?
This combining form is used for the anatomy term medulla oblongata.
What is medull/o?
This combining form is used for the anatomy term brain.
What is encephal/o?
This is the term for the largest part of the brain and controls body movements, thought, reasoning, vision, hearing, and speech.
What is the cerebrum?
This pathologic condition is a brain disorder that is marked by deterioration in mental activity.
What is Alzheimer disease?
This test includes the chemical tests for sodium, chloride, protein, and glucose as well as cell counts, cultures, and bacterial smears from the fluid samples to detect diseases of the brain or meninges.
What is cerebrospinal fluid analysis (CSF analysis)?
This treatment is a nonsurgical type of radiation therapy used to treat abnormalities & small tumors of the brain and can deliver precisely targeted radiation in fewer high-dose treatments than traditional therapy.
What is stereotactic radiosurgery?
This combining form is used for the anatomy term spinal cord.
What is myel/o?
This is the term for the lower part of the brain, nearest to the spinal cord that controls breathing and heart beat.
What is medulla oblongata?
This pathologic condition is used to describe paralysis on one side of the body.
What is hemiplegia?
This procedure refers to a recording of the electrical activity within the brain.
What is an electroencephalography (EEG)?
This pathologic condition refers to a traumatic brain injury that can cause bruising, damage to blood vessels, and injury to nerves and may result in loss of consciousness.
What is a concussion?
This combining form is used for the anatomy term cerebrum.
What is cerebr/o?
This is the term for the nerves that transmit messages to and from the spinal cord.
This pathologic condition refers to damaged blood vessels in the brain.
What is a cerebrovascular accident?
This procedure refers to the introduction of a hollow needle into a space surrounding the spinal cord to withdraw cerebrospinal fluid for analysis.
What is a lumbar puncture?
This treatment is the battery-powered device that delivers stimulation to nerves to relieve acute and chronic pain.
What is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)?
This combining form is used for the anatomy term nerve.
What is neur/o?
This is the term for the lower back part of the brain that controls muscular coordination and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This pathologic condition describes the destruction of the myelin sheath around nerve cells in the CNS.
What is multiple sclerosis?
This procedure refers to the uptake of radioactive material into the brain to show how the brain uses glucose and gives information about brain function.
What is a positron emission tomography scan (PET scan)?
This pathologic condition refers to paralysis that affects the lower portion of the body.
What is paraplegia?