Chapter 10: Cardiovascular System Flashcards
(53 cards)
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Endo-
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Within
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Brady-
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Slow
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Epi-
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Upon, over, above, on top
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Inter-
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Between
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Peri-
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Through
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Tachy-
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Rapid, fast
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Tetra-
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Four
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Angi/o, angin/o
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Blood vessel
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Aort/o
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Aorta
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Arter/o, arteri/o
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Artery
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Arther/o
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Fat
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Atri/o
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Atrium
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Card/o, cardi/o
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Heart
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Coron/o
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Crown, circle, heart
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Cyan/o
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Blue
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Ech/o
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To bounce, sound
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Electr/o
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Electricity
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Embol/o
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A plug
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Hemorrh/o
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Likely to bleed
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Isch/o
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To hold back, deficiency, blockage
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Man/o
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Thin
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My/o, myos/o
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Muscle
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Pector/o
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Chest
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Phleb/o
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Vein
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Pulmon/o
Lung
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Rrythm/o
Repetition, rhythm
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Scler/o
Thick, hard; sclera
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Sept/o
Wall, partition
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Shygm/o
Pulse
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Sten/o
Narrowness, constriction
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Steth/o
Chest
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Tens/o
Pressure
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Thromb/o
Clot
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Valvul/o
Little valve
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Varic/o
Dilated vein
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Vas/o
Blood vessel (also means duct in the urinary system and the male reproductive system)
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Vascul/o
Small blood vessel
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Ven/o
Vein
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Ventricul/o
Little belly, cavity, ventricle
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-ac
Pertaining to
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-apheresis
Removal
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-ary
Pertaining to
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-dynia
Pain
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-gram
A record
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-graph
Instrument for recording
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-is
Pertaining to
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-lytic
Pertaining to loosen, dissolve
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-megaly
Abnormally large
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-rraphy
Suturing
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-rrhexis
Rupture
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-sis
State of
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-spasm
Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
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-stomy
Surgical creation of an opening
