Chapter 6 WPA Flashcards
1
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angi/o
A
Vessel (blood)
2
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aort/o
A
Aorta; Largest artery
3
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arteri/o
A
artery
4
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arteriol/o
A
arteriole (small artery)
5
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bol/o
A
cost; throw
6
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ather/o
A
plaque; fatty build-up
7
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cardi/o
A
Heart
8
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coagul/o
A
coagulation; clotting
9
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constrict/o
A
narrowing
10
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coron/o
A
heart
11
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cyan/o
A
blue
12
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dilat/o
A
to enlarge or expand
13
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electr/o
A
electricity
14
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lumin/o
A
light
15
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my/o
A
muscle
16
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phleb/o
A
vein
17
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pulmon/o
A
lung
18
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rhythm/o
A
rhythm; Heartbeat
19
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sept/o
A
wall; Partition
20
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son/o
A
sound
21
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sphygm/o
A
pulse
22
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systol/o
A
contraction
23
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tens/o
A
stretched; strained
24
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thromb/o
A
clot
25
tom/o
to cut
26
vas/o
vessel; duct
27
vascul/o
blood vessel
28
veni/o, ven/o
vein
29
ventricul/o
ventricle
30
venul/o
venule (small vein)
31
a-, an-
Not; without
32
anti-
against
33
brady-
slow
34
dia-
through; complete
35
echo-
reflected sound
36
em-
in
37
endo-
in; within
38
epi-
on; over; upon
39
hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
40
hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
41
per-
through
42
peri-
around; surrounding
43
tachy-
fast
44
trans-
across
45
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
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-ant
substance that promotes
47
-ation
process; condition
48
-e
noun suffix; no meaning
49
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
50
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
51
-gram
record; image
52
-graphy
process of recording
53
-ia
condition
54
-in, -ine
Chemical; chemical compound; substance
55
-ism
process; condition
56
-itis
inflammation
57
-ive
substance that promotes
58
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
59
-meter
measure
60
-or
one who take action/does something
61
-osis
abnormal condition
62
-pathy
disease
63
-plasty
surgical repair
64
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
65
-stenosis
narrowing; tightening
66
-stomy
surgical opening
67
-tension
pressure
68
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
69
-trophy
condition of growth or development
70
-um, -us
structure; tissue; thing-
71
-version
to turn
72
AV
Atrioventricular
73
BP
Blood pressure
74
bpm
Beats per minute
75
CABG
Coronary artery bypass graft
76
CAD
coronary artery disease
77
CHF
Congestive heart failure
78
CV
cardiovascualr
79
ECG, EKG
Electrocardiogram
80
ICD
Implantable cardioverter Defibrillator
81
LAD
Left anterior descending
82
MI
Myocardial infraction
83
mmHg
millimeters od mercury
84
MUGA
Echocardiogram/ Muligated Acquisiton
85
PAD
Periphreal artery disease
86
PET
position emition tomography
87
PTCA
Percutaneous translominal coronary angioplasty
88
PVCS
Premature ventricular contractions
89
SA
Sinoatrial
90
VSD
Ventricular Senal defect
