Chapter 10 Nervous System Word Parts

burning, burn

• contus/o

• cerebr/o

• caus/o

cerebrum, brain

• -esthesia

• contus/o

• cerebr/o

• -graphy

Shaken together, violently agitated

• concuss/o

• esthet/o

• caus/o

bruise

• -graphy

• myel/o

• contus/o

sensation, feeling

• psych/o

• tropic

• -esthesia

includes the brain and spinal cord; receives and processes information to regulate all bodily activity

• Central Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

Basic cells of the nervous system that allow different parts of the body to communicate with each other.

• neurons

• ganglion

• stimulus

Means pertaining to the cerebrum or the brain.

• cerebulum

• cerebral

• thalamus

Controls skill motor functions, memory and behavior

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

AKA a headache

• hydrocephalus

• cephalalgia

• dementia

• concussion