cardiovascular/hematology Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
Q
cardi/o cardi/o
A
heart
2
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arteri/o
A
arteries
3
Q
capill/o
A
capillaries
4
Q
phleb/o ven/o
A
veins
5
Q
hem/o hemat/o
A
blood
6
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
7
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
8
Q
ather/o
A
plaque
9
Q
brady-
A
slow
10
Q
coron/o
A
coronary
11
Q
-crasia
A
mixture/blending
12
Q
embol-
A
embolus
blood clot, air bubble, or foriegn object that is carried through the bloodstream
13
Q
-emia
A
blood or blood condition
14
Q
erythr
A
red
15
Q
hemangi/o
A
blood vessel
16
Q
isch/o
A
hold back/restrain
17
Q
leuk/o
A
white
18
Q
-lytic
A
to destroy
Example: hemolytic- breakdown of red blood cells
19
Q
necrosis
A
death of the tissue
20
Q
-penia
A
deficiency, lack of
21
Q
per-
A
through
example: percutanous- through the skin
22
Q
plast/o
A
growth/development
23
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-sclerosis
A
abnormal hardening
24
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spasm
A
tightening/cramping
25
stenosis
abnormal narrowing
26
tachy-
rapid
27
thromb/o
clot
28
valvul
valve
29
vascul
blood vessels
30
cyt/o
cell
31
-cytes
cells
32
ech/o
sound
33
electr/o
electric
34
end/o
within
35
-graphy
process of recording
36
my/o
muscle
## Footnote
Example: myocardial- heart muscle
37
peri-
surrounding
## Footnote
Example: pericarditis- inflammation of the membranes surronding the heart
38
-um
structure
## Footnote
example: pericardium- surronding the heart structure (the membrane surronding the heart)
39
plasty
surgical repair
40
-stasis
stop or controlling
