Chapter 6 Cardio System Flashcards
angi/o
vessel (blood)
aort/o
aorta; largest artery
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole (small artery)
ather/o
plaque; fatty buildup
bol/o
cast; throw
cardi/o
heart
coagul/o
coagulation; clotting
constrict/o
narrowing
coron/o
heart
cyan/o
blued
dilat/o
to enlarge/ expand
electr/o
electricity
lumin/o
light
my/o
muscle
phleb/o
vein
pulmon/o
lung
rhythm/o
rhythm, heartbeat
sept/o
wall; partition
son/o
sound
sphygm/o
pulse
systol/o
contraction
tens/o
stretched; strained
thromb/o
clot
tom/o
to cut
vas/o
vessel; duct
ven/i, ven/o
vein
ventricul/o
ventricle
venul/o
venule ( small vein
a-, an-
not; without
dia-
through; complete
echo
reflected sound
em-
in
endo
within, in
epi
on; over; upon
per-
throughe
peri
around; surrounding
tachy-
fast
trans
across
-ant
substance that promotes
-ation
process; condition
emic
pertaining to blood condition
lytic
pertaining to breaking down