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Combining forms Flashcards

1
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angi(o), vas(o), vascul(o)

A

Means vessel
Or ductus deferens

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aort(o)

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Means aorta

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arter(o), arteri(o)

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Artery

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arteriol(o)

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arteriole

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cardi(o)

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Heart

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phleb(o), ven(i), ven(o)

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Means vein

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venul(o)

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venule

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atri(o)

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Atrium

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coron(o)

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Crown

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mediastin(o)

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mediastinum

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ox(i)
-ox

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Oxygen

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pulmon(o)

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Lung

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sept(o)

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Septum; partition
Infection

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sin(o)

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Sinus

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steth(o), thorac(o)

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Chest

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valv(o), valvul(o)

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Valve

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ventricul(o)

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Ventricle
of either the heart or brain

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rhythm(o), rrhythm(o)

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Rhythm

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Scler(o),

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Hard, hardening

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aneurysm(o)

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aneurysm

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ather(o)

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Yellowish, fatty plaque

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embol(o)

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Embolus

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aden(o)

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Gland

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adenoid(o)

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Adenoids

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lymph(o)

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lymph, lymphatics

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lymphaden(o)

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Lymph node

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lymphangi(o)

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lymph vessel

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lymphat(o)

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Lymphatics

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splen(o)

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Spleen

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thym(o)

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Thymus

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tonsill(o)

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Tonsils

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Lympho/genous

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means either producing lymph or produced from lymph or the lymphatics
originating in the lymphatics

33
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lymph capillaries

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The smallest vessels which are found in almost all regions of the body

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lymphatic capillaries

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Pick up interstitial fluid that has collected from the normal course of blood circulation

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Cisterna chyli

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And the ducts are structures that are formed by the merging of many lymph vessels and their trunks

36
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thorac/ic duct

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Located in the chest

37
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cervic/al lymph nodes

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Are located in the area of the neck

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cervic(o)

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Neck, cervix

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axill(o)

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Armpit

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inguin(o)

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Groin

41
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Cervical lymph nodes

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Found in the neck

42
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axillary lymph nodes

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Are found in the armpits (axilla) of the body

43
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inguinal lymph nodes

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Found in the groin

44
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lymph nodes

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Filter lymph and fight infection
they range in size From pinhead to the size of a bean
lymph flows Into the node through afferent lymphatic vessels, where many harmful substances in the fluid are trapped

45
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adenoid(o)

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Means adenoids

46
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Thromb(o)

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  • means clot
    Blood clot
47
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my(o)

A

muscle

48
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hem(o)

A

Blood

49
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Atriomegaly

A

Abnormal enlargement of an atrium

50
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cardi(o)

A

Means heart

51
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vascul(o)

A

Means vessel

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