Chapter 2 - Cardiovascular & Lymphatic - Parts Flashcards
-algia
pain
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emia
blood condition
-genic, -genesis
to generate, development, production
-gram
picture or record
-graph
instrument used to make a recording or picture
-graphy
process of using a recording instrument
-grapher
person who makes the recording or picture
-lysis
destruction, breakdown
-oma
tumor
-osis
increase in number or condition
-penia
decrease in number or low number
-phobia
fear
-plasty
repair
-scope
instrument for viewing, visual examination
-scopy
process of visually examining, procedure or process
-stasis
control or stopping
brady-
slow
tachy-
fast
a/an-
without
peri-
surrounding
epi-
upon
endo-
inside or inner
my/o
muscle layer
aneurysm/o
widening
angi/o
vessel
aort/o
aorta
arteri/o
artery
ather/o
thick, fatty
cardi/o
heart
ech/o
sound made by “reflected” sound waves
electr/o
electricity
erythr/o
red
fibr/o
fibrous
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
isch/o
stopped flow
leuk/o
white
lip/o
fat
lymph/o
lymph
man/o
thin substance
melan/o
black
phleb/o
vein
radi/o
x-ray, radiation
rhythm/o
rhythm
scler/o
hard
steth/o
chest
son/o
sound
syphygm/o
pulse
thromb/o
clot, blood clot
tom/o
slice or plane
vas/o
vessel
cyan/o
blue
xanth/o
yellow