Word Elements for the Anatomy of Cardiovascular System Flashcards
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Cord/o
A
heart
2
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Cardi/o
A
heart
3
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Valv/o
A
valve
4
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Valvul/o
A
valvule
5
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Cuspid/o
A
cuspid, point
6
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Mitr/o
A
mitral
7
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Chord/o
A
cord, tendon
8
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Lun/o
A
moon
9
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Cresc/o
A
increasing, crescent
10
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Atri/o
A
atrium (a chamber of the heart), a central room
11
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Ventricul/o
A
ventricle, a small cavity
12
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Sept/o
A
a wall dividing two cavities
13
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Pariet/o
A
wall
14
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Viscer/o
A
organ
15
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Coron/o
A
coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown
16
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Coroll/o
A
coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown
17
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Aort/o
A
aorta
18
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Carotid/o
A
carotid
19
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Jugul/o
A
jugular vein, throat
20
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Pulm/o
A
lung
21
Q
Pulmon/o
A
lung
22
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Saphen/o
A
saphenous vein
23
Q
Hepat/o
A
liver
24
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Port/o
A
gate, entrance (port of entry of a vessel or nerve into an organ)
25
Osti/o
orifice, opening
26
Vas/o
vessel
27
Vascul/o
vessel (a little vessel)
28
Angi/o
vessel
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Arteri/o
artery
30
Arteriol/o
arteriole
31
Phleb/o
vein
32
Ven/o
vein
33
Venul/o
venule
34
Capillar/o
capillary
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Arc/o
arch, a curved structure, a bow
36
Ram/o
ramus (a branching of vessels), branch, branchlike
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Furc/o
a forking, splitting
38
Furcat/o
a forking, splitting
39
Plex/o
plexus (an interwoven network of vessels or nerves), to plait, interweave
40
Ret/o
net, network
41
Lumin/o
light, lumen (the open space between walls of a vessel)
