Word Elements for the Anatomy of Cardiovascular System Flashcards
Cord/o
heart
Cardi/o
heart
Valv/o
valve
Valvul/o
valvule
Cuspid/o
cuspid, point
Mitr/o
mitral
Chord/o
cord, tendon
Lun/o
moon
Cresc/o
increasing, crescent
Atri/o
atrium (a chamber of the heart), a central room
Ventricul/o
ventricle, a small cavity
Sept/o
a wall dividing two cavities
Pariet/o
wall
Viscer/o
organ
Coron/o
coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown
Coroll/o
coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown
Aort/o
aorta
Carotid/o
carotid
Jugul/o
jugular vein, throat
Pulm/o
lung
Pulmon/o
lung
Saphen/o
saphenous vein
Hepat/o
liver
Port/o
gate, entrance (port of entry of a vessel or nerve into an organ)
Osti/o
orifice, opening
Vas/o
vessel
Vascul/o
vessel (a little vessel)
Angi/o
vessel
Arteri/o
artery
Arteriol/o
arteriole
Phleb/o
vein
Ven/o
vein
Venul/o
venule
Capillar/o
capillary
Arc/o
arch, a curved structure, a bow
Ram/o
ramus (a branching of vessels), branch, branchlike
Furc/o
a forking, splitting
Furcat/o
a forking, splitting
Plex/o
plexus (an interwoven network of vessels or nerves), to plait, interweave
Ret/o
net, network
Lumin/o
light, lumen (the open space between walls of a vessel)