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    Neuroanatomical, Neurophysiological and Neuropsychological Terminology

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    This document provides definitions for neuroscience terminology, listing over 100 Greek and Latin-derived words and their meanings. Many terms refer to neuroanatomical structures like the cerebellum, hippocampus, hypothalamus and specific brain regions, pathways and cells. Also defined are terms for neurological symptoms, disorders and diagnostic tests. The original meanings of the word parts are given to help understand the anatomical or functional significance of each term.

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    This document provides definitions for neuroscience terminology, listing over 100 Greek and Latin-derived words and their meanings. Many terms refer to neuroanatomical structures like the cerebellum, hippocampus, hypothalamus and specific brain regions, pathways and cells. Also defined are terms for neurological symptoms, disorders and diagnostic tests. The original meanings of the word parts are given to help understand the anatomical or functional significance of each term.

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    Neuroanatomical, Neurophysiological and

    Neuropsychological Terminology
    This table lists the original Greek and Latin meanings of neuroscience
    words. Many of the words are neuroanatomical terms, but neurological
    symptoms and disorders are also included.

    WORD MEANING WORD MEANING


    abducens.....drawing away bouton.....button
    ablation.....carrying away brachium.....arm
    acetylcholine.....vinegar bile bregma.....front of the head
    adrenalin.....near the kidney calcarine.....spur-shaped
    afferent.....to carry callosum.....hard, tough
    alar.....wing-like cannula.....reed
    alveus.....canal carotid.....to put to sleep
    amacrine.....long fiber cataplexy.....down stroke, seizure
    ambidextrous.....both right catatonia.....down tone
    ambiguus.....doubtful cauda.....tail
    amblyopia.....dull vision cauda equina.....horse tail
    amnesia.....forgetfulness caudate.....tail
    ampulla.....small bottle causalgia.....burning pain
    amygdala.....almond cenereum.....ash gray
    aphasia.....no speech cephalic.....head
    aqueduct.....water canal cerebellum.....little brain
    analgesia.....no pain cerebrum.....brain
    aneurysm.....widening ceruleus.....blue
    anesthesia.....no sensation cerumen.....wax
    ansa.....urn handle cervical.....neck
    antitoxin.....against poison chiasm.....a crossing
    aphagia.....no eat chorea.....to dance
    aphasia.....no speech choroid.....like a membrane
    aqueduct.....water canal cingulum.....girdle or belt
    arachnoid.....spider web-like circadian.....about a day
    arbor vitae.....tree of life cistern.....reservior or well
    arcuate n......bow shaped claustrum.....barrier
    astrocyte.....star-like cell coccyx.....cuckoo
    ataxia.....not orderly cochlea.....snail shell
    aura.....breath, breeze colliculus.....little hill
    auricle.....a little ear conus.....cone or peg
    autonomic.....self law coma.....deep sleep
    axon.....axis, axle commissure.....joining together
    basilar.....base

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    WORD MEANING WORD MEANING
    convulsion.....pulling together glia.....glue
    corona.....crown globus pallidus.....pale ball
    corpus.....body gracile.....slender
    cortex.....bark, shell gyrus.....ring, circle
    cribiform.....sieve-like habenula.....rein
    cruciate.....cross-shaped halluncination.....to wander in the mind
    culmen.....ridge, summit hippocampus.....sea horse
    cuneate.....wedge hypnosis.....sleep
    cupula.....little tub hypoglossal.....under the tongue
    decussation.....crossing hypophysis.....down growth
    dendrite.....tree hypothalamus....under thalamus
    dentate.....notched incus.....anvil
    dura.....hard infundibulum.....funnel
    dyskinesia.....improper motion insula.....island
    edema.....swelling iris.....rainbow
    efferent....carry out (away) lamina.....layer, thin plate
    emboliform.....plug-like lemniscus.....woolen band or filet
    encephalitis.....brain inflammation lens.....lentil
    encephalogram.....brain writing lenticular.....shaped like a lens
    epilepsy.....seizure limbic.....border, hem, fringe
    ethmoid.....sieve-like lingula.....little tongue
    falx.....sickle lumbar.....pertaining to the loins
    fasciculus.....little bundle macula.....spot
    filum.....thread malleus.....hammer
    fimbria.....fringe mater (dura).....mother
    fissure.....cleft or slit medulla.....innermost, marrow
    flocculus.....tuft of wool melanin.....black
    folium.....leaf meninges.....membrane
    foramen.....opening meningitis.....membrane inflammation
    fornix.....arch microglia.....small glue
    fossa.....trench, channel myelin.....marrow
    fovea.....pit, depression myopia.....to shut eye
    fundus.....bottom narcolepsy.....numbness seizure
    funiculus.....little cord narcotic.....benumbing, deadening
    fusiform.....spindle-shaped neuron.....nerve
    ganglion.....knot, swelling node.....knot
    genu.....knee nucleus.....nut
    geniculate.....bent like a knee obex.....barrier
    glabrous.....bald oblongata.....rather long
    gland.....acorn oculomotor.....eye movement

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    WORD MEANING WORD MEANING
    oligodendrocyte.....few tree cell serotonin.....blood stretching
    operculus.....cover, lid septum.....wall, partition
    optic.....for sight sinus.....a hollow
    oscilloscope.....to examine swinging soma.....body
    pallidus.....pale somnambulism.....sleep walk
    paralysis.....to loosen somniloquism.....sleep speak (talk)
    paranoia.....mind beside itself spine.....thorn
    patella.....little plate splenium.....bandage
    peduncle.....stemlike stapes.....stirrup
    pellucidum.....translucent stellate.....star
    pia.....soft stimulate.....to goad
    pineal.....pine cone striated.....striped
    piriform.....pear-shaped substantia nigra.....black substance
    pituitary.....slime, mucous sulcus.....groove, trench, furrow
    placebo.....to please synapse.....connection
    plexus.....a braid tapetum.....carpet
    pons.....bridge tectum.....roof
    potential.....power tegmentum.....covering
    pterygoid.....wing-shaped tentorium.....tent
    pulp.....flesh thalamus.....inner chamber
    pulvinar.....cushion, pillow, couch thoracic.....chest
    pupil.....doll, little girl trabecula.....little beam
    putamen.....shell tremor....to shake
    pyramis.....pyramid trigeminal.....three twins
    pyriform.....pear-shaped trochlear.....pulley
    quadrigemina.....four twins tubercle.....swelling
    rabies.....to rage uncus.....hook
    ramus.....branch vagus.....wandering
    raphe.....seam ventricle.....small cavity
    rectus.....straight vermis.....worm
    restiform.....rope-like vertex.....top, summit
    reticular.....net-like vesicle.....blister, bladder
    rhodopsin.....rose eye vitreous.....glassy
    rostral.....beak
    rubro.....red
    sacral.....sacred, holy
    sagittal.....arrow
    schizophrenia.....split mind
    sclera.....hard
    sella turcica.....Turkish saddle
    semilunar.....half moon

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