ch.6 Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
Q
Angi/o
A
vessel
2
Q
arter/o arteri/o
A
artery
3
Q
arteriol/o
A
arteriole
4
Q
ather/o
A
fatty yellowish plaque
5
Q
cardio
A
heart
6
Q
coron/o
A
heart, heart vessel cornoary artery
7
Q
echo
A
sound
8
Q
electro
A
electrical
9
Q
my/o
A
muscle
10
Q
pheleb/o
A
vein
11
Q
ven/o
A
vein
12
Q
ventriculs
A
right and left lower chamber of the heart
13
Q
atria
A
upper right and left chamber of the heart
14
Q
septum
A
seperates the chambers of the heart
15
Q
arteries
A
carry blood away from the heart
16
Q
Veins
A
have thinner walls carry blood to the heart
17
Q
epi
A
outer
18
Q
endo
A
within
19
Q
pericardium
A
membrane sac that encloses the heart
20
Q
Ischi/o
A
deficiency, blockage
21
Q
sphygm/o
A
pulse
22
Q
steth/o
A
chest
23
Q
thrombo
A
clot
24
Q
tachy
A
fast
25
megaly
enlarged
26
pathy
disease
27
sclerosis
hardening
28
stenosis
narrowing
29
bruits
abnormal blowing sounds or murmurs heard while listening to the heart
30
sphygmomanometer
instrument to check blood pressure
31
systole
period of time during ventricular contraction
32
aneurysm
localized dilation or ballooning of an artery at a weak point in the vessell wall
33
arrhythmia
any irregular heart beat
34
ather/o
fat
35
-ia
condition
36
emia
blood
37
ana
without
38
stom/o
mouth, opening
39
osis
condition
40
ectomy
surgical removal
