Cardiovascular System: Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes

Question 1

leaflets

Answer 1

flat, leaf-shaped structures that comprise the valves of the heart and prevent backflow of blood

Question 2

lumen

Answer 2

space within an artery, vein, intestine, or tube

tubular space or channel within an organ or structure of the body

Question 3

regurgitation

Answer 3

backflow or ejecting of contents through an opening

Question 4

sphincters

Answer 4

circular muscles found in a tubular structure or hollow organ that constrict or dilate to regulate passage of substances through its opening

Question 5

vasoconstriction

Answer 5

narrowing of the lumen of a blood vessel that limits blood flow

Question 6

vasodilation

Answer 6

widening of the lumen of a blood vessel caused by the relaxing of the muscles of the vascular walls

Question 7

viscosity

Answer 7

thickness or a measure of how resistant a liquid is to flowing

Question 8

aneurysm/o

Answer 8

aneurysm
(widened blood vessel)

Question 9

aneurysmorrhaphy

Answer 9

suture of an aneurysm

Question 10

angi/o

Answer 10

vessel
(usually blood or lymph)

Question 11

angioplasty

Answer 11

surgical repair of a vessel

Question 12

vascul/o

Answer 12

vessel
(usually blood or lymph)

Question 13

vasculitis

Answer 13

inflammation of a vessel

Question 14

aort/o

Answer 14

aorta

Question 15

aortostenosis

Answer 15

narrowing of the aorta

Question 16

arteri/o

Answer 16

artery

Question 17

arteriorrhexis

Answer 17

rupture of an artery

Question 18

arteriol/o

Answer 18

arteriole

Question 19

arteriolitis

Answer 19

inflammation of an arteriole

Question 20

atri/o

Answer 20

atrium

Question 21

atriomegaly

Answer 21

enlargement of the atrium

Question 22

ather/o

Answer 22

fatty plaque

Question 23

atheroma

Answer 23

a condition in which fatty plaque builds up on the inner lining of the arterial walls

Question 24

cardi/o

Answer 24

heart

Question 25

cardiomegaly

Answer 25

enlargement of the heart

Question 26

coron/o

Answer 26

heart

Question 27

coronary

Answer 27

pertaining to the coronary artery in the heart

Question 28

electr/o

Answer 28

electricity

Question 29

electrocardiogram

Answer 29

a recording of the electrical activity of the heart

Question 30

embol/o

Answer 30

embolus (plug)

Question 31

embolectomy

Answer 31

removal of an embolus to open blood vessels and reestablish blood flow

Question 32

hemangi/o

Answer 32

blood vessel

Question 33

hemangioma

Answer 33

*(also called strawberry mark)* benign tumor of the cells that line the blood vessels

Question 34

my/o

Answer 34

muscle

Question 35

myocardial

Answer 35

pertaining to the muscles of the heart

Question 36

phleb/o

Answer 36

vein

Question 37

phlebectasis

Answer 37

dilation and expansion of the veins

Question 38

ven/o

Answer 38

vein

Question 39

venostasis

Answer 39

abnormally slow blood flow in the veins

Question 40

scler/o

Answer 40

hardening

Question 41

arteriosclerosis

Answer 41

abnormal hardening of the arteries

Question 42

sept/o

Answer 42

septum

Question 43

septostomy

Answer 43

forming an opening in the septum of the heart

Question 44

sphygm/o

Answer 44

pulse

Question 45

sphygmoid

Answer 45

resembling the pulse

Question 46

sten/o

Answer 46

narrowing and stricture

Question 47

stenotic

Answer 47

pertaining to narrowing and stricture

Question 48

thromb/o

Answer 48

blood clot

Question 49

thrombolysis

Answer 49

separation and destruction of a blood clot

Question 50

valv/o

Answer 50

valve

Question 51

valvotomy

Answer 51

incision of the valve

Question 52

valvul/o

Answer 52

valve

Question 53

valvuloplasty

Answer 53

surgical repair of the valve

Question 54

ventricul/o

Answer 54

ventricle

Question 55

ventricular

Answer 55

pertaining to the ventricle

Question 56

—cardia

Answer 56

heart condition

Question 57

tachycardia

Answer 57

rapid heart rate

Question 58

—stenosis

Answer 58

narrowing and stricture

Question 59

aortostenosis

Answer 59

stricture of the aorta

Question 60

brady—

Answer 60

slow

Question 61

bradycardia

Answer 61

slow heart rate

Question 62

endo—

Answer 62

in or within

Question 63

endovascular

Answer 63

pertaining to within a vessel

Question 64

extra—

Answer 64

outside

Question 65

extravascular

Answer 65

pertaining to outside a vessel

Question 66

peri—

Answer 66

around

Question 67

pericardial

Answer 67

pertaining to around the heart

Question 68

trans—

Answer 68

across

Question 69

transseptal

Answer 69

across the septum