Ch. 8 Word Elements for Anatomy of Cardiovascular System

Question 1

cord/o

Answer 1

heart

Question 2

cardi/o

Answer 2

heart

Question 3

valv/o

Answer 3

valve

Question 4

valvul/o

Answer 4

valvule

Question 5

cuspid/o

Answer 5

cuspid, point

Question 6

mitr/o

Answer 6

mitral

Question 7

chord/o

Answer 7

cord, tendon

Question 8

lun/o

Answer 8

moon

Question 9

cresc/o

Answer 9

increasing, crescent

Question 10

atri/o

Answer 10

atrium (a chamber of the heart), a central room

Question 11

ventricul/o

Answer 11

ventricle, a small cavity

Question 12

sept/o

Answer 12

a wall dividing two cavities
ex. septum (anatomical wall that separates the two atria from each other and the two ventricles from each other)

Question 13

pariet/o

Answer 13

wall

Question 14

viscer/o

Answer 14

organ

Question 15

coron/o

Answer 15

coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown

Question 16

coroll/o

Answer 16

coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown

Question 17

aort/o

Answer 17

aorta

Question 18

carotid/o

Answer 18

carotid

Question 19

jugul/o

Answer 19

jugular vein, throat

Question 20

pulm/o

Answer 20

lung

Question 21

pulmon/o

Answer 21

lung

Question 22

saphen/o

Answer 22

saphenous vein (superficial veins in leg)

Question 23

hepat/o

Answer 23

liver

Question 24

port/o

Answer 24

gate, entrance (port of entry of a vessel or nerve into an organ)

Question 25

osti/o

Answer 25

orifice, opening
ex. ostium (mouthlike opening of a blood vessel)

Question 26

vas/o

Answer 26

vessel

Question 27

vascul/o

Answer 27

vessel (a little vessel)

Question 28

angi/o

Answer 28

vessel

Question 29

arteri/o

Answer 29

artery

Question 30

arteriol/o

Answer 30

arteriole (little artery)

Question 31

phleb/o

Answer 31

vein

Question 32

ven/o

Answer 32

vein

Question 33

venul/o

Answer 33

venule (little vein)

Question 34

capillar/o

Answer 34

capillary (hair-like blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules)

Question 35

arc/o

Answer 35

arch, a curved structure, a bow

Question 36

ram/o

Answer 36

ramus (a branching of vessels), branch, branchlike

Question 37

furc/o

Answer 37

a forking, splitting

Question 38

furcat/o

Answer 38

a forking, splitting

Question 39

plex/o

Answer 39

plexus (an interwoven network of vessels or nerves) to plait, interweave

Question 40

ret/o

Answer 40

net, network

Question 41

lumin/o

Answer 41

light, lumen (the open space between walls of a vessel)