Chapter 5 Cardiovascular System Combining Forms, Prefixes, Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
angi/o
A
Vessel
2
Q
aort/o
A
Aorta
3
Q
arteri/o
A
Artery
4
Q
arteriol/o
A
Arteriole
5
Q
ather/o
A
Fatty substance
6
Q
atri/o
A
Atrium
7
Q
cardi/o
A
Heart
8
Q
coron/o
A
Heart
9
Q
embol/o
A
Plug
10
Q
fibrin/o
A
Fibers
11
Q
ischi/o
A
To hold back
12
Q
myocardi/o
A
Heart muscle
13
Q
phleb/o
A
Vein
14
Q
sept/o
A
Wall
15
Q
son/o
A
Sound
16
Q
sphygm/o
A
Pulse
17
Q
steth/o
A
Chest
18
Q
thromb/o
A
Clot
19
Q
valv/o
A
Valve
20
Q
valvul/o
A
Valve
21
Q
varic/o
A
Dilated vein
22
Q
vascul/o
A
Blood vessel
23
Q
vas/o
A
vessel
24
Q
ven/o
A
vein
25
ventricul/o
Ventricle
26
venul/o
Venule
27
bi/o
Life
28
corpor/o
Body
29
cutane/o
Skin
30
duct/o
To bring
31
electr/o
Electricity
32
hem/o
Blood
33
lip/o
Fat
34
my/o
Muscle
35
orth/o
Straight
36
pector/o
Chest
37
peripher/o
Away from center
38
pulmon/o
Lung
39
scler/o
Hard
40
-cardia
Heart condition
41
-manometer
Instrument to measure pressure
42
-ole
Small
43
-pressor
To press down
44
-spasm
Involuntary muscle contraction
45
-tension
Pressure
46
-tonic
Pertaining to tone
47
-ule
Small
48
-ac
Pertaining to
49
-al
Pertaining to
50
-ar
Pertaining to
51
-ary
Pertaining to
52
-eal
Pertaining to
53
-ectomy
Surgical removal
54
-gram
Record
55
-graphy
Process of recording
56
-ia
Condition
57
-ic
Pertaining to
58
-itis
Inflammation
59
-logy
Study of
60
-lytic
Destruction
61
-megaly
Enlarged
62
-oma
Mass
63
-ose
Pertaining to
64
-ous
Pertaining to
65
-pathy
Disease
66
-plasty
Surgical repair
67
-rrhexis
Rupture
68
-sclerosis
Hardening
69
-scope
Instrument for viewing
70
-stenosis
Narrowing
71
-tension
Pressure
72
-therapy
Treatment
73
-tic
Pertaining to
74
di-
Two
75
a-
Without
76
anti-
Against
77
brady-
Slow
78
de-
Without
79
endo-
Inner
80
extra-
Outside of
81
hyper-
Excessive
82
hypo-
Insufficient
83
inter-
Between
84
intra-
Within
85
per-
Through
86
peri-
Around
87
poly-
Many
88
pre-
Before
89
re-
Again
90
tachy-
Fast
91
tetra-
Four
92
trans-
Across
93
ultra-
Beyond
