Ch. 8 Word Elements for Anatomy of Cardiovascular System Flashcards
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cord/o
A
heart
2
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cardi/o
A
heart
3
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valv/o
A
valve
4
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valvul/o
A
valvule
5
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cuspid/o
A
cuspid, point
6
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mitr/o
A
mitral
7
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chord/o
A
cord, tendon
8
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lun/o
A
moon
9
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cresc/o
A
increasing, crescent
10
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atri/o
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atrium (a chamber of the heart), a central room
11
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ventricul/o
A
ventricle, a small cavity
12
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sept/o
A
a wall dividing two cavities
ex. septum (anatomical wall that separates the two atria from each other and the two ventricles from each other)
13
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pariet/o
A
wall
14
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viscer/o
A
organ
15
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coron/o
A
coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown
16
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coroll/o
A
coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown
17
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aort/o
A
aorta
18
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carotid/o
A
carotid
19
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jugul/o
A
jugular vein, throat
20
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pulm/o
A
lung
21
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pulmon/o
A
lung
22
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saphen/o
A
saphenous vein (superficial veins in leg)
23
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hepat/o
A
liver
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port/o
A
gate, entrance (port of entry of a vessel or nerve into an organ)
25
osti/o
orifice, opening
ex. ostium (mouthlike opening of a blood vessel)
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vas/o
vessel
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vascul/o
vessel (a little vessel)
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angi/o
vessel
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arteri/o
artery
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arteriol/o
arteriole (little artery)
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phleb/o
vein
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ven/o
vein
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venul/o
venule (little vein)
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capillar/o
capillary (hair-like blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules)
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arc/o
arch, a curved structure, a bow
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ram/o
ramus (a branching of vessels), branch, branchlike
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furc/o
a forking, splitting
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furcat/o
a forking, splitting
39
plex/o
plexus (an interwoven network of vessels or nerves) to plait, interweave
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ret/o
net, network
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lumin/o
light, lumen (the open space between walls of a vessel)
