Unit 5: Cardiovascular System Flashcards
1
Q
orth/o
A
straight
2
Q
scler/o
A
hard
3
Q
pector/o
A
chest
4
Q
peripher/o
A
away from centre
5
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
6
Q
pulmon/o
A
lung
7
Q
valv/o
valvul/o
A
valve
8
Q
sept/o
A
a wall
9
Q
son/o
A
sound
10
Q
sphygm/o
A
pulse
11
Q
steth/o
A
chest
12
Q
thromb/o
A
clot
13
Q
venul/o
A
venule
14
Q
varic/o
A
dilated vein
15
Q
vas/o
A
vessel
16
Q
vascul/o
A
blood vessel
17
Q
ven/o
A
vein
18
Q
ventricul/o
A
ventricle
19
Q
-cardia
A
heart condition
20
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal
21
Q
-gram
A
record
22
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
23
Q
-ia
A
condition
24
Q
-logy
A
study of
25
-lytic
destruction
26
-manometer
instrument to measure pressure
27
-megaly
enlarged
28
-ole
small
29
-oma
mass
30
-pathy
disease
31
-plasty
surgical repair
32
-pressor
to press down
33
-rrhexis
rupture
34
-sclerosis
hardening
35
-scope
instrument for viewing
36
-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
37
-stenosis
narrowing
38
-tension
pressure
39
-therapy
treatment
40
-tonic
pertaining to tone
41
-ule
small
42
a-
without
43
anti-
against
44
brady-
slow
45
de-
without
46
endo-
inner
47
extra-
outside of
48
hyper-
excessive
49
hypo-
insufficient
50
inter-
between
51
intra-
within
52
per-
through
53
peri-
around
54
poly-
many
55
pre-
before
56
re-
again
57
tachy-
fast
58
tetra-
four
59
trans-
across
60
ultra-
beyond
