unit 10 Flashcards
1
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
2
Q
card/o
A
heart
3
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
4
Q
ven/o
A
vein
5
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
6
Q
hem/o
A
blood
7
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
8
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
9
Q
plasm/o
A
plasma
10
Q
arther/o
A
plaque or fatty substance
11
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph
12
Q
lymphaden/o
A
lymph node, gland
13
Q
splen/o
A
spleen
14
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow and spinal cord
15
Q
coronary
A
pertaining to heart vessels
16
Q
coron/o
A
coronary
or head/crown
17
Q
ischemic or ischemia
A
deficiency of blood flow
18
Q
myocardial infarction
A
heart attack
19
Q
infarct
A
area of necrosis caused by lack of blood flow
20
Q
dysrhythimia
A
irregular heartbeat
21
Q
bradycardia
A
slow heartbeat
22
Q
tachycardia
A
fast heartbeat
23
Q
palpitation
A
pounding or racing heartbeat
24
Q
palpation
A
use fingers to feel for size, texture, etc.
25
sphygmomanometer
instrument used to measure blood pressure
26
stethoscope
instrument use
27
angi/o
blood vessel
28
-necrosis
tissue death
29
-stenosis
narrowing
30
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
31
thromb/o
clot
32
DVT
deep vein thrombosis
33
aneurysm
weak spot or balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery
34
varicose veins
abnormally swollen veins
35
erythrocytopenia
deficiency of red cell
36
-penia
deficiency of
37
hematocytopenia
abnormal deficiency of red blood cells
38
febrile
to have a fever
39
afebrile
without a fever
40
-thermia
heat
41
hyperthermia
body temp above normal
42
hypothermia
temp below normal
43
antibiotic
drug that treats bacterial infection
44
vaccine
inactivated microorganisms administered by injection, mouth, or nasal spray to prevent disease
45
BP
blood pressure
46
hypotension
lower than normal BP
47
EKG or ECG
electrocardiogram
48
electr/o
electricity
49
ECHO
echocardiogram
50
ach/o
sound
51
CPR
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
52
HR
heart rate
53
P
pulse
54
Rh
blood type
55
RR
respiration rate
56
T
temperature
57
VS
vital signs
58
Hct
hematocrit
59
Hgb
hemoglobin
60
CHF
congestive heart failure
61
BMT
bone marrow transplant
62
CBC
complete blood count
