anatomy of the cardiovascular system Flashcards
(38 cards)
1
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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
Q
cuspid/o
A
cuspid, point
6
Q
mitr/o
A
mitral
7
Q
chord/o
A
cord, tendon
8
Q
lun/o
A
moon
9
Q
cresc/o
A
increasing, crescent
10
Q
atri/o
A
atrium, a central room
11
Q
ventricul/o
A
ventricle, a small cavity
12
Q
sept/o
A
a wall dividing two cavities
13
Q
pariet/o
A
wall
14
Q
cisver/o
A
organ
15
Q
coron/o, coroll/o
A
coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown
16
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
17
Q
carotid/o
A
carotid
18
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jugul/o
A
jugular vein, throat
19
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pulm/o, pulmon/o
A
lung
20
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saphen/o
A
saphenous vein
21
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
22
Q
port/o
A
gate, entrance (port of entry of a vessel or nerve into an organ)
23
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osti/o
A
orifice, opening
24
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vas/o
A
vessel
25
vascul/o
vessel
26
angi/o
vessel
27
arteri/o
artery
28
arteriolo/o
arteriole
29
phleb/o
vein
30
ven/o
vein
31
venul/o
venule
32
capillar/o
capillary
33
arc/o
arch, a curved structure, a bow
34
ram/o
ramus (a branching of vessels), branch, branchlike
35
furc/o, furcat/o
a forking, splitting
36
plex/o
plexus (an interwoven network of vessels or nerves), to plait, interweave
37
ret/o
net, network
38
lumin/o
light, lumen (the open space between wall of a vessel)
