Cardiovascular System Med Term Flashcards
1
Q
aneursym/o
A
aneurysm
2
Q
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
A
vessel
3
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
4
Q
arter/o, arteri/o
A
artery
5
Q
arteriol/o
A
arteriole
6
Q
ather/o
A
yellowish, fatty plaque
7
Q
atri/o
A
atrium
8
Q
cancer/o, carcin/o
A
cancer
9
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
10
Q
coron/o
A
heart
11
Q
ech/o, son/o
A
sound
12
Q
electr/o
A
electrical
13
Q
endocardi/o
A
endocardium
14
Q
mediastin/o
A
mediastinum
15
Q
my/o
A
muscle
16
Q
myocardi/o
A
myocardium
17
Q
ox/i
A
oxygen
18
Q
percardi/o
A
pericardium
19
Q
phleb/o, ven/o
A
vein
20
Q
pulmon/o
A
lung
21
Q
rhythm/o
A
rhythm
22
Q
scler/o
A
hard
23
Q
sept/o
A
septum
24
Q
sin/o
A
sinus
25
steth/o, thorac/o
chest
26
valv/o, valvul/o
valve
27
ventricul/o
ventricle
28
venul/o
venule
29
bi-
two
30
brady-
slow
31
de-
down, from
32
epi-
upon, above
33
peri-
around
34
poly-
many
35
tachy-
fast
36
tri-
three
37
-ary
pertaining to
38
-edema
swelling
39
-graph
instrument used to record
40
-gram
recording, writing
41
-ium
membrane
42
-megaly
enlarged
43
-ole
small
44
-oma
tumor
45
-pathy
disease, abnormality
46
-phobia
fear (abnormal)
47
-sclerosis
hardening, hardness
48
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
49
-stomy
artificial opening
50
-tome
cutting instrument
51
ven/o, ven/i
vein