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Cardiovascular System Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Angi/o

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Vessel (usually blood or lymph)

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Aort/o

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Aorta

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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Arteriol/o

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Arteriole

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Atri/o

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Atrium

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Lip/o, lipid/o, steat/o

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Fat

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Pleb/o, ven/o

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Vein

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Sten/o

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Narrowing, stricture

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Thromb/o

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Blood clot

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Ventricul/o

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Ventricle (of heart or brain)

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13
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My/o

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Muscle

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Scler/o

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Hardening

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-gen, -genesis

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Forming, producing, origin

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lysis

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Separation, destruction, loosening

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rraphy

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Suture

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-tomy

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Incision

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-cardia

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Heart condition

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-ecstasis

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Dilation, expansion

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-gram

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Record, writing

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-graphy

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Process of recordinf

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-logist

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Specialist in the study of

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-lysis

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Separation, destruction, loosening

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-malacia

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Softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-ole, -ule

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Small, minute

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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Abnormal condition, increase (used mostly with blood cells)

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-pathy

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Disease

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction, twitching

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-stenosis

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Narrowing, stricture

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Tox/o, -toxic, toxic/o

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Poison

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-um

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structure, thing

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-ary, -ic, -ior, -ous

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Pertaining to

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Anti-

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Against

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Brady-

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Slow

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Endo-

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In, within

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Epi-

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Upon, above

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Hyper-

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Above normal, excessive

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Inter-

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In between

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Micro-

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Small

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Peri-

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Around

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Tri-

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