Question

Instructor Resource Material for 12 Nervous System HANDOUT 5 Word Building -ic Using the rules for word building and the word components listed below, construct terms for the definitions listed (not all word parts will be used, and some may Prefixes Combining Forms Suffixes cord/o -graphy hemi- -ia cranilo hypo- encephalo -itis mono- kines/o mylo -lysis neurlo prax/o -plegia -tomy somn/o troph/o poly- -paresis 1. condition of no purposeful movement 2. pertaining to no development of the muscles 3. inflammation of many nerves 4. condition of deficiency of movement slight paralysis of one limb 6. destruction of a nerve 7. 8. 9. 10. incision of the spinal cord – process of recording many functions of sleep paralysis of half of the body incision of the skull

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1) Apraxia (inability to perform particular purposive actions.)

2) Atrophia (a wasting away of an organ or part)

3) Neuritis (inflammation of a peripheral nerve or nerves)

4) Paresis (a condition of muscular weakness caused by nerve damage or disease)

5) Monoplegia (paralysis restricted to one limb or region of the body.)

6) Neurolysis (the destruction of nerve tissue, usually caused by disease but also done surgically sometimes)

7) Myelotomy (surgical incision of the spinal cord especially section of crossing nerve fibers at the mid-line of the spinal cord and especially of sensory fibers for the relief of intractable pain.)

8) Polysomnography (Polysomnography, a type of sleep study, is a multi-parametric test used in the study of sleep and as a diagnostic tool in sleep medicine)

9) Hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body.)

10) Craniotomy (An operation in which a piece of the skull is removed. A craniotomy may be done so doctors can remove a brain tumor or abnormal brain tissue).