Cardiovascular Vocabulary Flashcards
(124 cards)
1
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
2
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
3
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
4
Q
ateriol/o
A
arteriole
5
Q
ather/o
A
fatty substance
6
Q
atri/o
A
atrium
7
Q
bi/o
A
life
8
Q
cardio/o
A
heart
9
Q
coron/o
A
heart
10
Q
corpor/o
A
body
11
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
12
Q
duct/o
A
to bring; lead; carry
13
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
14
Q
embol/o
A
plug
15
Q
fibrin/o
A
fibers
16
Q
hem/o
A
blood
17
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
18
Q
lip/o
A
fat
19
Q
my/o
A
muscle
20
Q
myocardi/o
A
heart muscle
21
Q
orth/o
A
straight
22
Q
pector/o
A
chest
23
Q
peripher/o
A
away from center
24
Q
pheleb/o
A
ven
25
pulmon/o
lung
26
scler/o
hard
27
sept/o
a wall
28
son/o
sound
29
sphygm/o
pulse
30
steth/o
chest
31
thromb/o
clot
32
valv/o
valve
33
valvul/o
valve
34
varic/o
dialated vein
35
vas/o
vessel
36
vascul/o
blood vessel
37
ven/o
vein
38
ventricul/o
ventricle
39
venul/o
venule
40
-ac
pretaining to
41
-al
pretaining to
42
-ar
pretaining to
43
-ary
pretaining to
44
-cardia
heart condition
45
-eal
pretaining to
46
-ectomy
surgical removal
47
-gram
record; image
48
-graphy
process of recording
49
-ia
condition
50
-ic
pretaining to
51
-itis
inflamation
52
-logy
study of
53
-lytic
destruction
54
-manometer
instrument to measure pressure
55
-megaly
enlarged
56
-ole
small
57
-oma
mass
58
-ose
pretaining to
59
-ous
pretaining to
60
-pathy
disease
61
-plasty
surgical repair
62
-pressor
to press down
63
-rrhexis
rupture
64
-sclerosis
hardening
65
-scope
instrument used for viewing
66
-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
67
-stenosis
narrowing
68
-tension
pressure
69
-therapy
treatment
70
-tic
pretaining to
71
-tonic
pertaining to tone
72
-ule
small
73
a-
without
74
anti-
against
75
brady-
slow
76
de-
without
77
endo-
inner
78
extra-
outside of
79
hyper-
excessive (above average/normal)
80
hypo-
insufficient (below average/normal)
81
inter-
beetween
82
intra-
within
83
per-
through
84
peri-
around
85
poly-
many
86
pre-
before
87
re-
again
88
tachy-
fast
89
tetra-
four
90
trans-
across
91
ultra-
beyond
92
AED
automated external defribrillator
93
AF
atrial fibrillation
94
AMI
acute myocardial infarction
95
AS
arterioscolerosis
96
ASD
atrial septal defect
97
ASHD
artiosclerosis
98
AV, A-V
atrioventricular
99
BBB
bundle branch block (L for left; R for right)
100
BP
blood pressure
101
bpm
beats per minute
102
CABG
coronary artery disease
103
CAD
coronary artery disease
104
cath
catherization
105
CC
cardiac catheterization, chief complain
106
CCU
coronry care unit
107
CHF
congestive heart failure
108
CK
creatine kinase
109
CoA
coarctation of the aorta
110
CP
chest pain
111
CPR
cariopulmonary resuscitation
112
CSD
congenital sptal defect
113
CV
cardiovascular
114
DVT
deep vein thrombosis
115
ECC
extracorporeal circulation
116
ECG, EKG
electrocardiography
117
fib
fibrillation
118
HTN
hypertension
119
ICD
implantable catioverter-defibrillator
120
ICU
intensive care unit
121
IV
intravenous
122
LVH
left-ventricular hypertrophyMI
123
MI
myocardial infaraction, mitral insufficiency
124
mm Hg
millimaters of mercury
