Heart and Its Vessels

Question 1

cord/o, cardi/o

Answer 1

heart

Question 2

valv/o

Answer 2

valve

Question 3

valvul/o

Answer 3

valvule

Question 4

cuspid/o

Answer 4

cuspid, point

Question 5

mitr/o

Answer 5

mitral

Question 6

chord/o

Answer 6

cord, tendon

Question 7

lun/o

Answer 7

moon

Question 8

cresc/o

Answer 8

increasing, crescent

Question 9

atri/o

Answer 9

atrium (heart chamber), a central room

Question 10

ventricul/o

Answer 10

ventricle, a small cavity

Question 11

sept/o

Answer 11

wall dividing two cavities

Question 12

pariet/o

Answer 12

wall

Question 13

viscer/o

Answer 13

organ

Question 14

coron/o

Answer 14

coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown

Question 15

aort/o

Answer 15

aorta

Question 16

carotid/o

Answer 16

carotid

Question 17

jugul/o

Answer 17

jugular vein, throat

Question 18

pulm/o, pulmon/o

Answer 18

lung

Question 19

saphen/o

Answer 19

saphenous vein

Question 20

port/o

Answer 20

gate, entrance (port of entry of a vessel or nerve into organ)

Question 21

osti/o

Answer 21

orifice, opening

Question 22

vas/o

Answer 22

vessel

Question 23

vascul/o

Answer 23

little vessel

Question 24

angi/o

Answer 24

vessel

Question 25

arteri/o

Answer 25

artery

Question 26

arteriol/o

Answer 26

arteriole

Question 27

phleb/o

Answer 27

vein

Question 28

ven/o

Answer 28

vein

Question 29

venul/o

Answer 29

venule

Question 30

capillar/o

Answer 30

capillary

Question 31

arc/o

Answer 31

arch, curved structure, bow

Question 32

ram/o

Answer 32

ramus (branching of vessels), branch, branchlike

Question 33

furc/o, furcat/o

Answer 33

a forking, splitting

Question 34

plex/o

Answer 34

plexus (interwoven network of vessels or nerves), to plait, interweave

Question 35

ret/o

Answer 35

net, network

Question 36

lumin/o

Answer 36

light, lumen (the open space between walls of a vessel)