Chapter 5 Cardiovascular System Combining Forms, Prefixes, Suffixes Flashcards
angi/o
Vessel
aort/o
Aorta
arteri/o
Artery
arteriol/o
Arteriole
ather/o
Fatty substance
atri/o
Atrium
cardi/o
Heart
coron/o
Heart
embol/o
Plug
fibrin/o
Fibers
ischi/o
To hold back
myocardi/o
Heart muscle
phleb/o
Vein
sept/o
Wall
son/o
Sound
sphygm/o
Pulse
steth/o
Chest
thromb/o
Clot
valv/o
Valve
valvul/o
Valve
varic/o
Dilated vein
vascul/o
Blood vessel
vas/o
vessel
ven/o
vein
ventricul/o
Ventricle
venul/o
Venule
bi/o
Life
corpor/o
Body
cutane/o
Skin
duct/o
To bring
electr/o
Electricity
hem/o
Blood
lip/o
Fat
my/o
Muscle
orth/o
Straight
pector/o
Chest
peripher/o
Away from center
pulmon/o
Lung
scler/o
Hard
-cardia
Heart condition
-manometer
Instrument to measure pressure
-ole
Small
-pressor
To press down
-spasm
Involuntary muscle contraction
-tension
Pressure
-tonic
Pertaining to tone
-ule
Small
-ac
Pertaining to
-al
Pertaining to
-ar
Pertaining to
-ary
Pertaining to
-eal
Pertaining to
-ectomy
Surgical removal
-gram
Record
-graphy
Process of recording
-ia
Condition
-ic
Pertaining to
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Study of
-lytic
Destruction
-megaly
Enlarged
-oma
Mass
-ose
Pertaining to
-ous
Pertaining to
-pathy
Disease
-plasty
Surgical repair
-rrhexis
Rupture
-sclerosis
Hardening
-scope
Instrument for viewing
-stenosis
Narrowing
-tension
Pressure
-therapy
Treatment
-tic
Pertaining to
di-
Two
a-
Without
anti-
Against
brady-
Slow
de-
Without
endo-
Inner
extra-
Outside of
hyper-
Excessive
hypo-
Insufficient
inter-
Between
intra-
Within
per-
Through
peri-
Around
poly-
Many
pre-
Before
re-
Again
tachy-
Fast
tetra-
Four
trans-
Across
ultra-
Beyond