Cardiovascular System Flashcards
(51 cards)
1
Q
Angi/o
A
Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
2
Q
Aort/o
A
Aorta
3
Q
Arteri/o
A
Artery
4
Q
Arteriol/o
A
Arteriole
5
Q
Atri/o
A
Atrium
6
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
7
Q
Electr/o
A
Electricity
8
Q
Lip/o, lipid/o, steat/o
A
Fat
9
Q
Pleb/o, ven/o
A
Vein
10
Q
Sten/o
A
Narrowing, stricture
11
Q
Thromb/o
A
Blood clot
12
Q
Ventricul/o
A
Ventricle (of heart or brain)
13
Q
My/o
A
Muscle
14
Q
Scler/o
A
Hardening
15
Q
-ectomy
A
Excision, removal
16
Q
-gen, -genesis
A
Forming, producing, origin
17
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
18
Q
-lysis
A
Separation, destruction, loosening
19
Q
-plasty
A
Surgical repair
20
Q
-rraphy
A
Suture
21
Q
-tomy
A
Incision
22
Q
-cardia
A
Heart condition
23
Q
-centesis
A
Surgical puncture
24
Q
-ecstasis
A
Dilation, expansion
25
-ectomy
Excision, removal
26
-gram
Record, writing
27
-graphy
Process of recordinf
28
-logist
Specialist in the study of
29
-lysis
Separation, destruction, loosening
30
-malacia
Softening
31
-megaly
Enlargement
32
-ole, -ule
Small, minute
33
-oma
Tumor
34
-osis
Abnormal condition, increase (used mostly with blood cells)
35
-pathy
Disease
36
-rrhexis
Rupture
37
-spasm
Involuntary contraction, twitching
38
-stenosis
Narrowing, stricture
39
Tox/o, -toxic, toxic/o
Poison
40
-um
structure, thing
41
-ary, -ic, -ior, -ous
Pertaining to
42
Anti-
Against
43
Brady-
Slow
44
Endo-
In, within
45
Epi-
Upon, above
46
Hyper-
Above normal, excessive
47
Inter-
In between
48
Micro-
Small
49
Peri-
Around
50
Tachy-
Fast
51
Tri-
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