Cardiovascular System Flashcards
aneur
widening
angi
vessel
Surgical repair
aort
aorta
arter(i)
artery
card(i)
heart
coron
heart
cyt(e)
cell
embol
Embolus
oxy
oxygen
pector
chest
phleb
vein
sten
narrowed
thromb
clot
vas(cul)
blood vessel
ven
vein
aneur/ism
widening in a blood vessel
angi/o/plasty
surgical repair of vessel
aort/o/sten/osis
narrowing of the aorta
card/io/my/o/pathy
disease of the heart muscle
arteri/o/sclerosis
hardening of the artery
brady/card/ia
abnormally slow heart rate
electr/o/cardi/o/ graph
graph of electrical activity of the heart
phleb/itis
inflammation of a vein
leuk/o/cyte
white blood cell
embol/ism
obstruction in blood flow
endo/card/itis
inflammation inside the heart muscle
peri/card/ium
tissue around the heart
tachy/card/ia
abnormally rapid heart rate
thromb/osis
blood clots in the vascular system
vas/o/con/stric/ tion
narrowing of blood vessels
ven/o/stasis
standing blood in vein
stasis
a slowing of bodily fluid
sclerosis
Hardening
