10 Flashcards
Arteries
Arteri/o
Veins
Ven/o
Phleb/o
Blood
Hem/o
Hemat/o
Aort/o
Aorta
Main trunk or artery system
Plasm/o
Plasma
Liquid portion of blood
Ather/o
Plaque or fatty substance
Lymph
Lymph/o
Lymph node
Lymph glands
Lymphaden/o
Spleen
Splen/o
Stores blood and destroys worn out red blood cells
Myel/o
Bone marrow or spinal cord
Coronary
Pertaining to the heart vessels
Coron/o
Coronary or head/crown
Ischemic or ischemia
Deficiency of blood flow
Myocardial infarction
Heart attack
Infarct
Area of necrosis caused by lack of blood flow
Dysrhythmia
An irregular heartbeat
Bradycardia
An abnormally slow heartbeat
Tachycardia
An abnormally fast heartbeat
Palpitation
Pounding or racing heartbeat
Palpating
To use fingers to feel the size texture consistency
Sphygmomanometer
Instrument used to measure blood pressure
Stethoscope
Listen to sounds
Heart
Cardi/o
Card/o
Angi/o
Blood vessel
Thrombosis
Thromb/o = clot
Blood clot in a blood vessel
Aneurism
Weak spot
Balloon like enlargement
Rupture can be fatal
Varicose veins
Swollen veins
Usually in legs
Erythrocytopenia
Erythr/o = red Cyt/o = cell -penia = deficiency of
Hematocytopenia
Abnormal deficiency (reduction) of blood cells
Febrile (pyrosis)
Fever
Afebrile
Without fever
-thermos
Heat
Hyperthermia
Body temperature above normal
Hypothermia
Body temperature below normal
Antibiotic
Drug that treat bacterial infections
Vaccine
Inactivated microorganisms administrated by injection, mouth, or nasal spray to prevent infectious diseases
BP
Blood pressure
Hypotension
Low BP
Hypertension
High HP
EKG
ECG
Electrocardiogram
ECHO
Echocardiogram
Ech/o
Sound
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
HR
Heart rate
P
Pulse
RH
Blood type
RR
Respiration rate
T
Temperature
98.6
VS
Vital signs
Hct
Hematocrit
Separation of blood
Hgb
Hemoglobin
CHF
Congestive heart failure
BMT
Bone marrow transplant
CBC
Complete blood cell count