Cardiovascular System Flashcards
(54 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
arti/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 , sclera (white of eye)
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
-rrhaphy
A
Suture
21
Q
-tomy
A
Incision
22
Q
-cardia
A
Heart condition
23
Q
-centesis
A
Surgical puncture
24
Q
-ectasis
A
Dilation, expansion
25
-ectomy
Excision, removal
26
-gram
Record, writing
27
-graphy
Process of recording
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
35
-pathy
Disease
36
-plasty
Surgical repair
37
-rrhaphy
Suture
38
-rrhexis
Rupture
39
-spasm
Involuntary condition, twitching
40
-stenosis
Narrowing, stricture
41
Tox/o, -toxic, toxic/o
Poison
42
-um
Structure, thing
43
-Art, -ic, -ior, -ous
Pertaining to
44
anti-
Against
45
Brady-
Slow
46
Endo-
In, within
47
epi-
Above, upon
48
Hyper-
Excessive, above normal
49
inter-
Between
50
micro-
Small
51
peri-
Around
52
tachy-
Rapid
53
tri-
Three
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