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Circulatory System Flashcards

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-Ac

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Refers to, pertains to

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Af-

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Toward

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Angi/o-

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Vessel

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Angin/o-

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Vessel

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Aneurysm-

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Dilation or ballooning

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-apheresis

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To remove or separate (blood into parts)

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Arteri/o-

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Artery

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Athero-

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Porridge or yellow fat

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-atresia

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Closure

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Atri/o-

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Chamber

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-blast

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Beginning or young

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Brevi-

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Short

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Capill/o

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Hair like

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Cardi/o-

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Heart

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Catheter/o

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To let down into

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-clast

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Breakdown

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Coagul/o-

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Clotting or to clot

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Coron/o-

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Crowning

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Cost/o-

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Rib

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Crenat/o-

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Notched

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-crit

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Separate

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Cyan/o-

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Blue

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-cytosis

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Increase in numbers

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-emesis

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Vomit

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-emia

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Blood

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Eosin/o-

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Rose-red color

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Erythr/o-

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Red

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-ference

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To carry

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Ferro-

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Iron

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Foramen/o-

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Opening

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Gangren/o-

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Eating sore

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Heme-

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Iron

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Hypn/o-

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Sleep

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Hypo-

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Under or below

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Infarct-

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To to stuff into

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Isch/o-

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Deficiency, blockage, to hold back

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Leuk/o-

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White

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Macro-

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Large or huge

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Mon/o-

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One

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Natri-

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Sodium or salt

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Neutr/o-

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Neither or neutral

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-O/rrhagia

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Bursting forth or heavy flow

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Occlusi/o-

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Closure or blockage

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Oscill/o

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To swing

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-penia

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Decrease in number

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Peri-

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Around

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Phago-

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Eat, eating, perverse appetite

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Phleb/o-

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Vein

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-Phoresis

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Migration,transport,move, or carry

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-phraxia

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Stoppage or Obstruction

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-poie/sis

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To make, form, produce

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Poikil/o-

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Irregular or varied shape

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Pykn/o-

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Thick, dense, compact

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Reticul/o-

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Network

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-rrhythm

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Rhythm or contraction

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Scler/o-

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Hardening

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Sept/a-

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Partition or wall

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Sept/o-

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Poison, infection, decay, putrefy

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Sider/o-

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Iron

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Spher/o-

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Ball, globe, round

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-stasis

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Stoppage, standing, location

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-stat

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To stop or immediately

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-staxia

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Dripping or trickling

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Sten/o-

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Narrowing

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-Stole

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Contract

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Sy/stol/o-

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To draw together or contract

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Tachy-

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Fast or swift

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Thromb/o-

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Clot,clump together, or curdle

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Tract/o-

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To draw or pull

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Varic/o-

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Twisted

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Vas/o-

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Vessel

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Ven/o-

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Vein

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Verá-

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True

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