Combining Forms
Prefixes
Suffixes
Special Senses
Nerves
100
mening/o
What is meninges
100
syn-
What is union, together, joined
100
-paresis
What is partial paralysis
100
ot/o
What is ear
100
neuro
What is nerve
200
cerebr/o
What is cerebrum
200
uni-
What is one
200
core/o
What is pupil
200
gangli/o
What is ganglion
300
myel/o
What is bone marrow, spinal cord
300
pachy-
What is thick
300
-lepsy
What is seizure
300
blephar/o
What is eyelid
300
radicul/o
What is nerve root
400
narc/o
What is stupor, numbness, sleep
400
hyper-
What is excessive, above normal
400
-taxia
What is order, coordination
400
salping/o
What is tubes
400
thec/o
What is sheath
500
lept/o
What is thin, slender
500
exo-
What is outside, outward
500
-esthesia
What is feeling
500
ocul/o
What is eye
500
encephala/o
What is brain
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