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| Question | Answer |
| Which cranial nerve relates to smell? | Cranial Nerve I Olfactory |
| Which cranial nerve relates to sight? | Cranial nerve II Optic |
| Which cranial nerve relates to hearing and equilibrium? | Cranial nerve VIII Vestibulocochlear |
| Which cranial nerve is the Vagus nerve? | Cranial nerve X supplies most organs in abdominal and thoracic cavities |
| alges/o | sense of pain |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| astr/o | star |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum second largest portion of brain coordinates voluntary movement and maintaining balance and equilibrium |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum the largest section of the brain - processes thoughts, judgement, and memory |
| clon/o | rapid contracting and relaxing |
| concuss/o | to shake violently |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthesi/o | sensation, feeling |
| gli/o | glue |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hydr/o | water |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | low back |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata connects brain and spinal cord |
| meningi/o mening/o | meninges protective covering on the brain 3 layers |
| ment/o | mind |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | pons the bridge that connects the cerebellum to the rest of the brain |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| scler/o | hard |
| spin/o | spine |
| thalam/o | thalamus composed of gray matter center for relaying impulses from eyes, ears, and skin to the cerebrum |
| thec/o | sheath |
| tom/o | to cut |
| ton/o | tone |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ventricul/o | ventricles contain cerebrospinal fluid which provides protection from shock or sudden motion to the brain or spinal cord |
| -al -ar -ary -eal | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | protrusion |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition, state |
| -ic -ine | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -ion | action |
| -nic | pertaining to |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -taxia | muscle coordination |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -trophic | pertaining to development |
| a- an- de- | without |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| dys- | abnormal, difficult |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, too much |
| intra- | within |
| mono- | one |
| para- | abnormal or two parts of a pair |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| semi- | partial |
| sub- | below |
| un- | not |
| cerebellar | pertaining to the cerebellum |
| encephalic encephal/o -ic | pertaining to the brain |
| intrathecal intra- thec/o -al | pertaining to within the meninges |
| quadriplegia quadri- -plegia | paralysis of four (extremities) |
| polyneuritis poly- neur/o -itis | inflammation of many nerves |
| sclerosis scler/o -osis | abnormal condition of being hardened |
| subdural sub- dur/o -al | pertaining to under the dura mater |
| angiography angi/o -graphy | process of recording vessels |
| neurorrhaphy neur/o -rrhaphy | suture of a nerve |
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