Quiz6- Cardiac system Flashcards
angio/o
vessel
aort/o
aorta
arteri/o
artery
atri/o
atrium
cardi/o
heart
electr/o
electric
lymph/o
lymph
phleb/o
vein
thromb/o
blood clot
ventricul/o
ventricle
cerebr/o
cerebrum
hem/o
blood
my/o
muscle
necr/o
death
necrosis
scler/o
hardening
sclera
anti/o
against
by/o
two
brady/o
slow
endo
in
within
epi-
above
upon
micro-
small
peri-
around
tachy/o
fast
rapid
tri/o
three
-ectomy
excision
removal
-lysis
separate
destruction
loosening
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-cardia
heart condition
-cyt
cell
-ectasis
dilation
expansion
-genesis
forming
producing
origin
-gram
record
writing
-graphy
process of recording
-lith
stone
calculus
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oid
resembling
- ole
- ule
small
minute
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition
increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy
disease
-phagia
swallowing
eating
-phobia
fear
-pnea
breathing
-rrhexis
rupture
-spasm
involuntary contraction
twitching
-stenosis
narrowing
stricture
-um
structure
thing
-therapy
treatment