Roots
General Word Parts
Spell it
Abbreviation
Vocabulary
100
mening/o
What is meninges
100

echo-

Sound

100

Structure that connect two hemispheres of the brain

What is the corpus callosum

100
ALS
What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
100

What is hemiplegia?

Paralysis of one side of the body

200

thec/o

Sheath

200

dura-

Hard

200
The space between neurons or a neuron and an organ
What is the synapse
200
PEG
What is pneumoencephalography
200

Disease of the nerves

Neuropathy

300

encephal/o

Brain

300

gli/o

What is nerve cell; neuroglia

300
Carry impulses away from the body to the brain
What is afferent nerves
300
PNS
What is peripheral nervous system
300

cerebrovascular accident

 Occlusion or rupture of a cerebral blood vessel resulting in decreased blood flow to the affected area and death of a specific portion of the brain

400
crani/o
What is cranium; skull
400

-cele

What is hernia; protrusion

400
Any disease of the brain
What is encephalopathy
400
EEG
What is electroencephalography
400

Midbrain 

Area of the brain that provides nerve conduction pathways to and from the brain

500
myel/o
What is spinal cord; bone marrow
500
-malacia
What is softening
500
herniation of the spinal cord and meninges through a defect in the vertebral column
What is meningomyelocele
500
SNS
What is somatic nervous system
500

medulla oblongata 

Lowest section of the brain stem; controls the muscles of respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure

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