Cardiovascular System Flashcards
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aort/o
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aorta
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aort/o/stenosis
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narrowing of the aorta, -stenosis: narrowing, sticture
3
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arteri/o
A
artery
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arteri/o/rrhexis
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rupture of an artery, -rrhexis: rupture
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arteriol/o
A
arteriole
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arteriol/itis
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inflammation of an arteriole
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atri/o
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atrium
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atri/o/megaly
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enlargement of the atrium
9
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ather/o
A
fatty plaque
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ather/oma
A
tumor of fatty plaque
11
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cardi/o
A
heart
12
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coron/o
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heart
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cardi/o/megaly
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enlargement of the heart
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coron/ary
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pertaining to the heart, -ary: pertaining to
15
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electr/o
A
electricity
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electr/o/cardi/o/gram
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record of the electrical impulses of the heart
17
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embol/o
A
embolus
18
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embol/ectomy
A
removal of an embolus
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hemangi/o
A
blood vessel
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hemangi/oma
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tumor of blood vessels
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aneurysm/o
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wided blood vessel
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aneurysm/o/rrhaphy
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suture of an aneurysm, -rrhaphy: suture
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angi/o
A
vessel
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angi/o/plasty
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surgical repair of a vessel
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vascul/o
vessel
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vascul/itis
inflammation of blood vessels
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my/o
muscle
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my/o/cardi/al
pertaining to heart muscle
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phleb/o
vein
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ven/o
vein
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phleb/ectasis
expansion of a vein, -ectasis: dilation, expansion
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ven/o/stasis
standing still of blood in a vein, -stasis: standing still
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scler/o
hardening, sclera (white of eye)
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arteri/o/scler/osis
abnormal condition of hardening of the artery
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sept/o
septum
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sept/o/stomy
forming an opening in a septum
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sphygm/o
pulse
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sphygm/oid
resembling a pulse, -oid: resembling
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sten/o
narrowing, stricture
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sten/o/tic
pertaining to a narowing or stricture
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thromb/o
blood clot
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thromb/o/lysis
destruction of a blood clot, -lysis: separtation, destruction, loosening
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valv/o
valve
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valvul/o
valve
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valv/o/tomy
incision of a valve, -tomy: incision
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valvul/o/plasty
surgical repair of a valve, -plasty: surgical repair
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vas/o/
vessel, vas deferens, duct
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vas/o/graphy
process of recording an image of a vessel, -graphy: process of recording
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ventricul/o
ventricle
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ventricul/ar
pertaining to a ventricle (chamble of the head or brain)
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-cardia
heart condition
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tachy/cardia
rapid heart beat, tachy: rapid
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-gram
record, writing
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arter/o/gram
record of an artery
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-graph
instrument for recording
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electr/o/cardi/o/graph
instrument for recording electrical activity of heart
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-graphy
process of recording
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angi/o/graphy
process of recording a vessel
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-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
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aort/o/stenosis
narrowing of the aorta, aort/o: aorta
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brady-
slow
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endo-
in, within
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extra-
outside
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peri-
around
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trans-
across
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endo/vascul/ar
pertaining to the area within a vessel, vascul: vessel, -ar: pertaining to
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extra/vascul/ar
pertaining to the area outside a vessel
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peri/cardi/al
pertaining to the area around the heart
69
trans/sept/al
across the septum
