Circulatory System Flashcards by Nicole Huebner

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-ac

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refers to, pertains to, or state of

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Af-

A

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

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arteri/o-

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artery

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Athero-

A

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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cetheter/o-

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to let down into

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-clast

A

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 cary

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Ferro-

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iron

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foraamen/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-

A

iron

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hypn/o-

A

sleep

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Hypo-

A

under or below

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Infarct-

A

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-

A

one

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Natri-

A

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

A

decrease in number

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Peri-

A

around

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Phago-

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eat, eating, perverse appetite

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phleb/o-

A

vein

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-phoresis

A

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-

A

network

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-rrhythm

A

rhythm or contraction

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scler/o-

A

hardening

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sept/a-

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partition or wall

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sept/o-

A

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

A

stoppage, standing, location

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-stat

A

to stop or immediately

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-staxia

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dripping or trickling

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sten/o-

A

narrowing

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-stole

A

contract

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sy/stol/o-

A

to draw together or contract

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Tachy-

A

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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varc/o-

A

twisted

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vas/o-

A

vessel

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ven/o-

A

vein