Chapter 5 Flashcards
1
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angi/o
A
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
2
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aneurysm/o
A
widening, widened blood vessel
3
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aort/o
A
aorta
4
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arteri/o
A
artery
5
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arteriol/o
A
arteriole
6
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ather/o
A
fatty plaque
7
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atri/o
A
atrium
8
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cardi/o
A
heart
9
Q
coron/o
A
heart
10
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phleb/o
A
vein
11
Q
ven/o
A
vein
12
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thromb/o
A
blood clot
13
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varic/o
A
dilated vein
14
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vas/o
A
vessel; vas deferns; duct
15
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vascul/o
A
vessel
16
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ventricul/o
A
ventricle (of the heart or brain)
17
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-cardia
A
heart condition
18
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-gram
A
record, writing
19
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-graph
A
instrument for recording
20
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-graphy
A
process of recording
21
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-stenosis
A
narrowing, stricture
22
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-um
A
structure, thing
23
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-spasm
A
involuntary contraction, twitching
24
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-ole
A
small, minute
25
-ule
small, minute
26
-us
condition, structure
27
aden/o
gland
28
agglutin/o
clumping, gluing
29
immun/o
immune, immunity, safe
30
lymph/o
lymph
31
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
32
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
33
phag/o
swallowing, eating
34
splen/o
spleen
35
thym/o
thymus gland
36
-phylaxis
protection
37
-poiesis
formation; production
38
-tension
to stretch
39
cerebr/o
cerebrum
40
isch/o
to hold back; block
41
rrhythm/o
rhythm
42
aneurysm/o
a widening, a widened blood vessel
43
my/o
muscle
44
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
45
embol/o
embolus (plug)
46
-poiesis
formation, production
47
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
