Nervous System
Gazala Noor
Faculty of Pharmacy
Integral University, Lucknow
, Common medical terms
• Homeo-same
• Stasis-controlling
• Neur/o- nerve
• Neuron- nerve structure
• Encephal/o- Brain
• Cerebr/o- cerebrum
• Cortic/o- cortex
• lob/o- lobe
• Rhiz/o or radicul/o- nerve root
• Mening/o, or meningi/o - meninges
• Dur/o- dura mater
, —cont’d
• Dendr/o- dendrite
• Gangli/o- ganglion
• kinesi/o- movement
• Coccyg/o – coccyx
• Ment/o, or psych/o- mind
• Somat/o- body
• Sacr/o- sacrum
• Thorac/o- thorax
• Cord/o, or chord/o or myel/o- spinal cord
• Bradykinesia- slow movement
• Dysphasia- Impairment in the production of speech
• Dysphagia- Difficulty in swallowing
Gazala Noor
Faculty of Pharmacy
Integral University, Lucknow
, Common medical terms
• Homeo-same
• Stasis-controlling
• Neur/o- nerve
• Neuron- nerve structure
• Encephal/o- Brain
• Cerebr/o- cerebrum
• Cortic/o- cortex
• lob/o- lobe
• Rhiz/o or radicul/o- nerve root
• Mening/o, or meningi/o - meninges
• Dur/o- dura mater
, —cont’d
• Dendr/o- dendrite
• Gangli/o- ganglion
• kinesi/o- movement
• Coccyg/o – coccyx
• Ment/o, or psych/o- mind
• Somat/o- body
• Sacr/o- sacrum
• Thorac/o- thorax
• Cord/o, or chord/o or myel/o- spinal cord
• Bradykinesia- slow movement
• Dysphasia- Impairment in the production of speech
• Dysphagia- Difficulty in swallowing
