Cardiovascular System Flashcards
1
Q
angi/o, vascul/o, vas/o
A
vessel
2
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
3
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
4
Q
ather/o
A
fatty debris, fatty plaque
5
Q
atri/o
A
atrium
6
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
7
Q
coron/o
A
crown (coronary arteries)
8
Q
ech/o
A
sound
9
Q
erythr/o
A
red
10
Q
fibrin/o
A
fibrin
an insoluble protein that is produced in response to bleeding and is the major component of the blood clot.
11
Q
hem/o, hemat/o
A
blood
12
Q
isch/o
A
hold back
13
Q
leuk/o
A
white
14
Q
lip/o
A
fat
15
Q
macr/o
A
large
16
Q
micr/o
A
small
17
Q
my/o
A
muscle
18
Q
phag/o
A
eating, swallowing
19
Q
phleb/o, ven/o
A
vein
20
Q
rhythm/o
A
rhythm
21
Q
ser/o
A
serum
22
Q
tensi/o
A
tension
23
Q
thromb/o
A
clot
24
Q
valvul/o, valv/o
A
valve
25
ven/o
vein
26
ventricul/o
ventricle
27
venul/o
venule, small vein
28
brady-
slow
29
endo-
within
30
epi-
upper
31
per-
through
32
pro-
before
33
tachy-
faster
34
-blast
immature
35
-constriction
contraction, make smaller
36
-crit
separate
37
-cyte
cell
38
-cytosis
condition of cells
39
-dilation
dilate, make larger
40
-ectasis
dilation
41
-emia
blood
42
-penia
deficiency
43
-phage
cell that destroys
44
-poiesis, -poietin
formation
45
-spasm
spasm or contraction
46
-stasis
stoppage
