Nervous System Terms

Cephal/o

• Head

• Inside the head (brain)

• Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

• Spinal cord

• Nerve

Encephal/o

• Head

• Inside the head (brain)

• Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

• Spinal cord

• Nerve

Mening/o

• Head

• Inside the head (brain)

• Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

• Spinal cord

• Nerve

Myel/o

• Head

• Inside the head (brain)

• Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

• Spinal cord

• Nerve

Dys

• Difficult, painful, abnormal

• Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position

• Disease, abnormality

• Development, formation, growth

• Paralysis

Neur/o

• Head

• Inside the head (brain)

• Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

• Spinal cord

• Nerve

-cele

• Difficult, painful, abnormal

• Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position

• Disease, abnormality

• Development, formation, growth

• Paralysis

-pathy

• Difficult, painful, abnormal

• Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position

• Disease, abnormality

• Development, formation, growth

• Paralysis

-plasia

• Difficult, painful, abnormal

• Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position

• Disease, abnormality

• Development, formation, growth

• Paralysis

-plegia

• Difficult, painful, abnormal

• Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position

• Disease, abnormality

• Development, formation, growth

• Paralysis