med term ch 12 nervous system combining terms

somat/o

body

encephal/o

brain

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cortic/o

cortex

dendr/o

dendrite

dur/o

dura mater

lob/o

lobe

mening/o

also meningi/o
meninges

neur/o

nerve

rhiz/o

also radicul/o
nerve root

home/o

same

dermat/o

skin

cord/o

also chord/o, myel/o
spinal cord

astr/o

star

ventricul/o

ventricle

-cyte

suffix
cell

-glia

suffix
glue

-logy

suffix
study of

-on

suffix
structure

-stasis

suffix
stopping, controlling

-tome

suffix
instrument used to cut