Chapter 5- Cardiovascular And Lymphatic Systems Flashcards
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Angi/o
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Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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Aneurysm/o
A
A widening, a widened blood vessel
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Aort/o
A
Aorta
4
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Arteri/o
A
Artery
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Ather/o
A
Fatty plaque
6
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Atri/o
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Atrium
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Cardi/o, coron/o
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Heart
8
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Electr/o
A
Electric
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Embol/o
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Embolus, plug
10
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isch/o
A
Hold back
11
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lymph/o
A
Lymph
12
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phleb/o, ven/o
A
Vein
13
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rrhythm/o
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Rhythm
14
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thromb/o
A
Blood clot
15
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Varic/o
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Dilated vein
16
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vas/o
A
Vessel; vas deferens; duct
17
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vascul/o
A
Vessel
18
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ventricul/o
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ventricle (of heart or brain)
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Aden/o
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Gland
20
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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hem/o
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Blood
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my/o
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muscle
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necr/o
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Death, necrosis
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sarc/o
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flesh (connective tissue)
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scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of eye)
26
-ectomy
Excision, removal
27
-lysis
separation, destruction
28
-plasty
Surgical repair
29
-rrhaphy
suture
30
-tomy
Incision
31
-cardia
Heart condition
32
-cyte
Cell
33
-pathy
Disease
34
-phagia
Swallowing, eating.
35
-ectasis
Dilation, expansion
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-emia
Blood
37
-genesis
Forming, producing, origin
38
-gram
Record, writing
39
-graphy
Process of recording
40
-lith
Stone, calculus
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-lysis
Separation; destruction; loosening
42
-malacia
Softening
43
-megaly
Enlargement
44
-oid
Resembling
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-ole, -ule
Small, minute
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-oma
Tumor
47
-osis
Abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
48
-phobia
Fear
49
-phylaxis
Protection
50
-pnea
Breathing
51
-poiesis
Formation, production
52
-rrhexis
Rupture
53
-spasm
Involuntary contraction, twitching
54
-stenosis
Narrowing, stricture
55
-tension
To stretch
56
-therapy
Treatment
57
-um
Structure, thing
58
-version
Turning
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-al, -ic, -ary
Pertaining to, relating to
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-ia
Condition
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-ose
Pertaining to; sugar
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-us
Condition, structure
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a-
Without, not
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anti-
against
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bi-
two
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Brady-
Slow
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Echo-
A repeated sound
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endo-
in, within
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epi-
Above, upon
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micro-
small
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peri-
around
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tachy-
Rapid
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trans-
Across, through
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Tri-
Three (3)
