Chapter 9 - Cardiovascular System Flashcards
aneurysm/o
aneurysm
angi/o
vessel
aort/o
aorta
arter/o
artery
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
ather/o
fatty plaque
atri/o
atrium
brachi/o
arm
cardi/o
heart
cholesterol/o
cholesterol
coron/o
heart
cyan/o
blue
embol/o
embolism, plug
haemangi/o
blood vessel
isch/o
to hold back
man/o
pressure
my/o
muscle
myos/o
muscle
necr/o
death, dead
ox/o
oxygen
pector/o
chest
phleb/o
vein
pulm/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
scler/o
sclera, hardening
sept/o
septum
sphygm/o
pulse
steth/o
chest
thromb/o
clot
valv/o
valve
valvul/o
valve
varic/o
swollen, twisted vein
vas/o
vessel, vas deferens, duct
vascul/o
vessel
ven/i
vein
ven/o
vein
ventricul/o
ventricle
a-
no, not, without, absence of
an-
no, not, without, absence of
brady-
slow
de-
lack of, less, removal of
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
echo-
reflected, repeated sound
endo-
within, inside, inner
extra-
outside
hyper-
above, excessive
hypo-
below, under, deficient, less than normal
inter-
between
peri-
around, surrounding
tachy-
rapid, fast
tetra-
four
trans-
across, through, over
tri-
three
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-constriction
narrowing
-dilation
widening, stretching
-gram
record, writing
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-meter
instrument used to measure, measurement
-plasty
plastic, surgical repair
-plegia
condition of paralysis
-sclerosis
hardening
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture