Ch 5 Combining Forms/Suffix/Prefix Flashcards
1
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
1
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
2
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
3
Q
arteriol/o
A
arteriole
4
Q
ather/o
A
fatty substance
5
Q
atri/o
A
atrium
6
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
7
Q
coron/o
A
heart
8
Q
embol/o
A
plug
9
Q
fibrin/o
A
fibers
10
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
11
Q
myocardi/o
A
heart muscle
12
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
13
Q
sept/o
A
wall
14
Q
son/o
A
sound
15
Q
sphygm/o
A
pulse
16
Q
steth/o
A
chest
17
Q
thromb/o
A
clot
18
Q
valv/o
valvul/o
A
valve
19
Q
varic/o
A
dilated vein
20
Q
vascul/o
A
blood vessel
21
Q
vas/o
A
vessel
22
Q
ven/o
A
vein
23
Q
ventricul/o
A
ventricle
24
venul/o
venule
25
-cardia
heart condition
26
-manometer
instrument to measure pressure
27
-ole
small
28
-pressor
to press down
29
-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
30
-tension
pressure
31
-tonic
pertaining to tone
32
-ule
small
33
di-
two
34
duct/o
to bring
35
electr/o
electricity
36
hem/o
blood
37
orth/o
straight
38
peripher/o
away from center
39
scler/o
hard
40
sept/o
wall
41
steth/o
chest
42
varic/o
dilated vein
43
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
pertaining to
44
-ectomy
surgical removal
45
-lytic
destruction
46
-manometer
instrument to measure pressure
47
-megaly
enlarged-
48
-ose
-ous
pertaining to
49
-plasty
surgical repair
50
-rrhexis
rupture
51
-stenosis
narrowing
52
-tension
pressure
53
inter-
between
54
-intra
within
55
per-
through
56
peri-
around
57
re-
again
58
brady-
slow
59
tachy-
fast
60
trans-
across
61
ultra-
beyond
