Chap 5 Cardio Flashcards
Chap 5 cardio
-pathy
disease
-oma
mass; tumor
- megaly
enlargement
-itis
Inflammation of; infection of
-ous
pertaining to
-ive
pertaining to
-ine
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ac
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-tomy
process of cutting; process of making an incision
-stomy
surgically created opening
-osis
abnormal condition; condition; process
-gram
picture; gram
-ia
condition; state or thing
-ion
action; condition
-ation
being; having; process
-ism
disease from a specific cause; process
-logy
study of
-therapy
treatment
-ectomy
surgical removal
-scopy
process of using an instrument to examine
-scope
instrument used to examine
-metry
process of measuring
-graphy
process of recording
-gram
picture; record
-ics
knowledge; practice
-ist
person who specializes in; thing that specializes in
-iatry
medical treatment
vas/o-
blood vessel; vas deferens
dilat/o-
dilate; widen
(vas)/o/(dilat)/ion
action of widening of the blood vessels
ven/o-
vein
-ule
small thing
(ven)/ule
small vein
(ven)/ous
pertaining to the vein
coron/o-
structure that encircles like a crown
(coron)/ary
pertaining to a structure that encircles like a crown
axill/o-
armpit
(axill)/ary
pertaining to the armpit
brachi/o-
arm
(brachi)/al
pertaining to the arm
system/o-
body as a whole
(system)/ic
pertaining to the body as a whole
atri/o-
atrium; chamber that is open at the top
aneurysm/o-
dilation
(aneurysm)/al
pertaining to dilation ( of the blood vessel)
arteri/o-
artery
scler/o-
hard; sclera of the eye; whites of the eye
(arteri)/o/(scler)/osis
abnormal condition of the hardening of the arteries
ather/o-
soft; fatty substance
sin/o-
channel; hallow cavity
(sin)/o/(atri)/al
pertaining to a hallow cavity in the upper heart chamber
femor/o-
femor; thigh bone
(femor)/al
pertaining to the thigh bone
ventricul/o-
chamber that is filled; ventricle
(atri)/o/(ventricul)/ar
pertaining to the upper and lower heart chambers
systol/o-
contracting
(systol)/ic
pertaining to contracting
diastol/o-
dilating
(diastol)/ic
pertaining to dilating
ectop/o-
outside
(ectop)/ic
pertaining to outside of a place
-emia
condition of the blood; substance in the blood
(isch)/emia
condition of blocking blood
cardi/o-
heart
(cardi)/o/megaly
enlargement of the heart
my/o-
muscle
(cardi)/o/(my)/pathy
disease of the heart muscle
idi/o-
individual; unknown
path/o-
disease
(idi)/o/(path)/ic
pertaining to a disease with an unknown (origin/ cause)
hyper-
above; more than normal
-trophy
process of development
hyper/trophy
process of more than normal development
endo-
innermost; within
endo/(card)/itis
infection or inflammation of within the heart
peri-
around
Peri/(card)/itis
inflammation or infection around the heart
brady-
slow
Brady/(card)/ia
condition of a slow heart rate
card/i-
heart
-trachy
fast
trachy/(card)/ia
condition of a fast heart rate
apic/o-
apex; tip
valvul/o-
valve
(valvul)/ar
pertaining to the valve
tri-
three
tri/(cusp)/id
resembling three projections or points
cusp/o-
point; projections
-id
origin; resembling; source
pulmon/o-
lung
(pulmon)/ary
pertaining to the lung
mitr/o-
structure like a tall hat with two points
(mitr)/al
pertaining to a structure like a tall hat with two points or projections
bi-
two
-um
period of time; structure
endo/(cardi)/um
innermost structure of the heart
Peri/(cardi)/um
structure around the heart
(viscer)/al
pertaining to large internal organs
pariet/o-
wall of cavity
(pariet)/al
pertaining to the wall of a cavity
thorac/o-
chest; thorax
(cardi)/o/(thorac)/ic
pertaining to the heart and chest
arteri/o-
artery
-ole
small thing
(arteri)/ole
small artery