Med Term Nervous System

1. cephal/o

• head
• pons
• nerve
• dura mater

2. contus/o

• sleep
• to bruise
• speech
• head

3. dur/o

• glue
• mind
• dura mater
• split

4. encephal/o

• gray matter
• back; to hold back
• point of contact; to join
• brain

5. esthes/o, esthesi/o

• nervous sensation
• brain
• extreme
• medulla oblongata

6. gli/o

• to bruise
• glue
• mind
• body

7. hypn/o

• to cut off; cut short; faint
• nerve
• sleep
• pons

8. isch/o

• mind
• dura mater
• nerve root
• back; to hold back

9. medull/o

• medulla oblongata
• development; nourishment
• gray matter
• sheath (meninges)

10. neur/o

• body
• nerve
• nervous sensation
• coordination; order