angi/o

vessel

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

capillar/o

capillaries

cardi/o

heart

chrom/o, chromat/o

color

erythr/o

red

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

isch/o

restriction, deficiency

leuk/o

white

my/o

muscle

phleb/o

vein

scler/o

hardening

sten/o

narrowing

thromb/o

clot

valvul/o

valve

vas/o

vessel

ven/o

vein

alges/o

sensitivity to pain

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

brain, cerebrum

cerebell/o

cerebellum

concuss/o

To shake violently

crani/o

skull

dur/o

dura mater

esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

gangli/o, ganglion/o

ganglion (cluster of cells)

hydr/o

water

lob/o

lobe

ment/o

mind, chin

mon/o

one, single

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

neur/o, neur/i

nerve

phas/o

speech

poli/o

gray matter of brain or spinal cord

pont/o

pons (part of the brain)

psych/o

mind

radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o

nerve root

vag/o

vasgus nerve (cranial nerve)

ather/o

Fatty Plaque

ment/o

mind, chin

mening/o, meningi/o

  Meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)