Chapter 10: Cardiovascular System Flashcards by Karami Brutus | Brainscape

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Endo-

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Within

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Brady-

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Slow

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Epi-

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Upon, over, above, on top

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Inter-

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Between

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Peri-

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Through

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Tachy-

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Rapid, fast

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Tetra-

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Four

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Angi/o, angin/o

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Blood vessel

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Aort/o

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Aorta

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Arter/o, arteri/o

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Artery

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Arther/o

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Fat

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Atri/o

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Atrium

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Card/o, cardi/o

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Heart

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Coron/o

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Crown, circle, heart

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Ech/o

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To bounce, sound

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Embol/o

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A plug

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Hemorrh/o

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Likely to bleed

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Isch/o

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To hold back, deficiency, blockage

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Man/o

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Thin

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My/o, myos/o

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Muscle

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Pector/o

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Chest

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Phleb/o

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Vein

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Rrythm/o

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Repetition, rhythm

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Scler/o

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Thick, hard; sclera

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Sept/o

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Wall, partition

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Shygm/o

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Pulse

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Sten/o

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Narrowness, constriction

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Steth/o

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Chest

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Tens/o

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Pressure

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Thromb/o

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Clot

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Valvul/o

A

Little valve

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Varic/o

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Dilated vein

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Vas/o

A

Blood vessel (also means duct in the urinary system and the male reproductive system)

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Vascul/o

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Small blood vessel

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Ven/o

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Vein

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Ventricul/o

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Little belly, cavity, ventricle

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-apheresis

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Removal

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-dynia

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Pain

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-gram

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A record

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-graph

A

Instrument for recording

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-is

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Pertaining to

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-lytic

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Pertaining to loosen, dissolve

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-megaly

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Abnormally large

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-rraphy

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Suturing

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sis

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State of

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-spasm

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Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

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-stomy

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Surgical creation of an opening