Chapter 5 The Cardiovascular System Elements Flashcards
an-
no, not, without
brady-
slow
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
endo-
in, within, inside
epi-
above, upon, on
hyper-
excessive, increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
mega-
large, great
peri-
surrounding, around
poly-
many, much
re-
back, again
tachy-
fast, rapid
aneurysm/o
aneurysm (widened blood vessels)
angi/o
blood or lymph vessel
aort/o
aorta
arteri/o
artery
ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
bacteri/o
bacteria
blast/o
embryonic, immature, formative element
cardi/o
heart
chromat/o
color
coron/o
coronary, crown
cyt/o
cell
electr/o
electricity, electric
embol/o
embolus (something inserted or thrown in)
erythr/o
red
hem/o, hemat/o
blood, relating to blood
isch/o
to hold back
leuk/o
white
lipid/o
fat, lipid
my/o
muscle
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
development, growth, formation
systol/o
contraction
thromb/o
clot
valv/o
valve
vascul/o
blood vessel, little vessel
ven/o
vein
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-crasia
a mixture or blending
-emia
blood, blood condition
-globulin
protein
-gram
a picture or record
-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
-ia
abnormal condition, disease
-itis
inflammation
-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
-megaly
enlargement
-necrosis
death
-ologist
specialist
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
-pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
-penia
deficiency, lack, too few
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
-tic
pertaining to
-um
condition, structure
-y
condition