Anatomy & Physiology Terms Greek&Latin ROOTS DECODED! Vol.7: Neurology Terms

By Lee Oliva

Anatomy & Physiology Terms Greek&Latin ROOTS DECODED! is a systematic and easy guide to the ancient origins of its nomenclature. Discovering the metaphors and imagery of everyday Greek and Latin root words used in the terminology will help students internalize the concepts naturally. By "dissecting" the terms' etymology, prefixes and suffixes the student will gain deeper appreciation for the significance of the terms, far beyond tiresome memorization. Use this reference for the simplest of terms to the most esoteric. Every entry promises English vocabulary discovery and A&P enlightenment. It is highly recommended for early entry into the health field; also helpful for English teachers and students who need introduction to the language of medicine and allied health field. The readers will appreciate how much Latin has enriched the English language.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lee Oliva
• Release date: Mar 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370480906

Lee Oliva

Lee Oliva, Doctor of Chiropractic, graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic West., San Jose, California (1994). He practiced for 20+ years in the San Gabriel Valley, California (East of Los Angeles). He was educated in the classics in a Catholic Seminary. Received a Bachelor’s Science Degree from California State University, L.A. in Business Administration. “If these volumes ease the learning process and increase your interest in the function and form of the human body, as they did for me during the 3+ years of research and writing of this 15-section Anatomy & Physiology primer, I have accomplished my purpose” – Lee Oliva

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Anatomy & Physiology Terms

Greek&Latin ROOTS DECODED!

Volume 7

NEUROLOGY TERMS

Copyright 2016 Lee Oliva, D.C.

By Lee Oliva, D.C.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgement

Message from the Author

How to Use This Book

Abbreviations

Neurology

DIRECTORY of DECODED! NEUROLOGY TERMS

--- brief def., metaphorically, comp., ROOT-STEMS, SUFFIX-PREFIXES

About the Author

References

ACKNOWLEGEMENT

I am deeply indebted to the generous Vincentian Priests who educated me in the Classics at the Saint Vincent’s Seminary: 5 years of Latin Grammar, Cicero, Ancient History, Castillan Spanish and the King’s English. I would like to thank Fr. Constancio Gan, C.M., who was my English teacher and in several subjects in my years at Saint Vincent’s. Without the classical education the Vincentians gave me I could not have conceived of this book. I would like to thank Bro. Henry Escurel, C.M. for sharing my enthusiasm for this book and for the priests and brothers in Adamson University who welcomed me warmly.

Thanks to Tamara Haslip who encouraged me to write this guide. When I entered Palmer College of Chiropractic – West in 1990 I came to a pleasant surprise of how much Latin there is in Anatomy and Physiology. The Chiropractic focus on the Musculo-Skeletal frame and Bio-mechanics prompted the idea for this book.

For more than a year I struggled to organize the huge volume of terms without considerable progress and direction. Michelle Basco, a bright graduate of BSN, helped me collect 4000+ terms from an A&P textbook, tracked their corresponding Latin roots and organized them into a manageable format. Thanks to Michelle for putting up with my obsessive work style. I’m extending thanks to my sister, Lourdes, for letting me use her place while I worked with Michelle for hours on end.

I would like to apologize to the many friends I bored with my grandiose announcements: I’m writing this book . . . on and on, ad nauseam. A special thanks to Armet Archibald, an award winning Physics teacher in Huntington Beach, CA. At a party, as I was showing him this project, he unwittingly blurted a pearl of wisdom that shaped the format of this work: You are interested in this subject because you have a Latin background. Ambitious students are not interested in learning Latin. They just want to get an A. Out of this shoot-from-the-hip, sincere tidbit about bright students I strove to create a succinct A&P terminology guide, avoiding discussion of esoteric Latin declension and conjugation. Thanks, Dude.

Forever thanks to my sister, Mimi, and Liza, my niece, who I bored senseless with my obsessive rant about this project. My bgff, Marilou, who is the most non-academic person around me, gave me the tersest, no-nonsense critique when I ask for an opinion. Humbly, I implemented most of her recommendation. One would never know where the best advice would come from.

Thanks to my brother, Joe, who opened my mind to a mindset of now. He gave me the realization that I can publish my book in sections, making it possible to get the book published sooner. It took more than a year to get to his advice, but here is the realization of a 10-year old idea.

Without Mark Coker’s vision, founder of Smashword, DECODED! would only be a hazy vision in my mind never to be realized. Finally, I owe Brenda Van Niekerk my entry into the ebook cyberspace for performing formatting wizardry to my book to get it beamed to the cyber-universe, thereby making my life useful and sane,. She lives in South Africa, doing business with the author, who lives in Southern California.

A MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR

Congratulations for acquiring this study guide to Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) terminology. Mastering these terms will ease your sojourn through the academic years of your chosen health profession.

By giving you a handle on the massive number of terms, the author hopes to ease the perennial concern of Health majors about A&P: How am I going to remember all these? This is the promise; the fulfillment of which is your task. Likewise, Education holds great promises, but the realization of which depends on your hard work.

There are two parts to each entry: 1. a brief definition of term and its metaphorical imagery, its morphology, indicated by comp.,; 2. the Root-Stems, Prefix-Suffixes. The morphology of the terms is the compounding of the Root-Stems with other roots and Prefix-Suffixes. The latter section truly DECODED! the cryptic imagery of the roots.

You will discover the fascinating, sometimes, amusing metaphors and imagery of A&P Terminology. Seemingly commonplace terms hold the Aha!-discovery. You will appreciate how much Latin permeated the English Language in everyday usage. The stems morph into two or more different terms, introducing you to more concepts that you will eventually have to learn.

Do peruse this book for the most mundane everyday A&P term to the most esoteric. English speakers may find some of the Greek&Latin ROOTS DECODED! ordinary and the meaning, commonplace. The reasons are twofold: first, it will enhance your understanding of the terms (Try MUSCLE; the root will amuse you.); second, these books are translated into several languages. The unique nomenclature of A&P has been agreed upon amongst countries and languages.

The books are not a rehash of Google searches. It is a distillation of sources from online etymology sites, A&P textbook, English and Latin Dictionaries. When you click on a term, you will be beamed to an organized and concise morphology of the term.

Latin Grammar background is not required to fully gain from these guides. The reader is encouraged to scan the brief, one page, chapter HOW TO USE THIS BOOK.

If your curiosity, wonderment, and awe for Anatomy and Physiology are enhanced by this body of work, I will have fulfilled my goal.

Lee Emmanuel Oliva, D. C.

Westminster, CA

U.S.A

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Rest assured that there is no other-worldly Latin Grammar lesson lurking anywhere in this book. It is a direct to the point guide to the morphology and etymology of the multi-syllabic A&P terms.

The key parts to recognize in the compounding of A&P terms are the stems of nouns and verbs which are the direct derivation of the terms. The stem in nouns is the plural form; in verbs, the past participle form. If this does not make sense now, be not concerned. This phenomenon is indicated in each entry. Nevertheless, this is illustrated below.

At this point, if none of this is of interest to you, skip it. Go ahead and navigate for specific terms.

GUIDELINE 1 – Latin nouns: The plural form is the direct derivation of terms.

Example 1: Os (n.; plu., Osses), a bone

The plural form, Osses, is derived for OSSIFICATION, OSSICLES

Example 2: Rete (n.; plu., Retices), a net

The plural form, Retices, is derived for RETICULUM, RETICULATED

Example 3: Caput (n.; plu., Capites), a head

The plural form, Capites, is derived for CAPITATE, CAPITULUM

NOTE: The plural forms of nouns become unrecognizable from their singular form (Os to Osses; Rete to Retices; Caput to Capites). This is, simply, the nature of Latin noun declension; this is not a cause for concern since plural forms are indicated in the entries as shown above.

GUIDELINE 2 – Latin verbs: The past participle form is the direct derivation.

Example 1: Rotare (v.; Roto, Rotare, Rotavi, Rotatum), to turn, whirl around

Rotatum (past participle form), turned around, whirled around

Thus, Rotatum is derived for ROTATION, ROTATOR

Example 2: Abducere (v.; Abduco, Abducere, Abduxi, Abductum), to lead away

Abductum (past participle form), led away

Thus, Abductum is derived for ABDUCTION, ABDUCTOR.

NOTE: The past participle form usually ends in –tum (Rotatum, Abductum). The rest of the entries within the parentheses,