Chapter 9 (Word Parts of the Cardiovascular System)

Question 1

valvul/o

Answer 1

valve

Question 2

atri/o

Answer 2

atrium (upper chamber - right/left), the right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the body and the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

Question 3

sept/o

Answer 3

septum (septa), think wall of muscle that divides the left and right sides of the heart
ventricul/o - ventricle (lower chamber), the right ventricle pumps the oxygen-poor blood to the lungs, the left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it to the left ventricle, the left ventricle pumps the oxygen-rich blood to the body

Question 4

cardi/o

Answer 4

heart

Question 5

coron/o

Answer 5

heart

Question 6

angi/o

Answer 6

vessel

Question 7

vas/o

Answer 7

vessel

Question 8

vascul/o

Answer 8

vessel

Question 9

aort/o

Answer 9

aorta (the main artery leaving the heart and distributing oxygenated blood throughout the body)

Question 10

arteri/o

Answer 10

artery (large blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to body tissue)

Question 11

ather/o

Answer 11

fatty plaque

Question 12

phleb/o

Answer 12

vein

Question 13

ventricul/o

Answer 13

ventricle (lower chamber), the right ventricle pumps the oxygen-poor blood to the lungs, the left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it to the left ventricle, the left ventricle pumps the oxygen-rich blood to the body