Ch10 Word Parts: Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems Flashcards
angi/o
vessel, vascular
aort/o
aorta
arteri/o
artery
ather/o
fatty, fatty deposit
atri/o
atrium
cardi/o
heart
coron/o
encircling, crown
electr/o
electric, electricity
my/o
muscle
phleb/o
vein
pulmon/o
lung
scler/o
hard
son/o
sound, sound waves
sphygm/o
pusle
steth/o
chest
thorac/o
chest, thorax
thromb/o
blood clot
valv/o, valvul/o
valve
vas/o, vascul/o
blood vessel
varic/o
swollen or twisted vein
ven/i, ven/o
veins
ventricul/o
normal cavity, ventricle
brady-
slow
de-
away from, cessation, without
endo-
in, within
epi-
on, following
inter-
between
intra-
within
peri-
surrounding, around
tachy-
fast, rapid
tel-
end
trans-
across, through
tri-
three
-al, -ar, -ary, -ic
pertaining to
-ectasia
dilation, stretching
-gram
record, recording
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
recording, writing, description
-icle, -ole, -ule
small
-lytic
pertaining to destruction, breakdown, separation
-ium
tissue, structure
-stenosis
stricture, narrowing
-oid
resembling