Chapter 5 Flashcards
(131 cards)
1
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
2
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
3
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
4
Q
arteriol/o
A
arteriole
5
Q
ather/o
A
fatty substance
6
Q
atri/o
A
atrium
7
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
8
Q
coron/o
A
heart
9
Q
embol/o
A
plug
10
Q
fibrin/o
A
fibers
11
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
12
Q
myocardi/o
A
heart muscle
13
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
14
Q
sept/o
A
wall
15
Q
son/o
A
sound
16
Q
sphygm/o
A
pulse
17
Q
steth/o
A
chest
18
Q
thromb/o
A
clot
19
Q
valv/o
A
valve
20
Q
valvul/o
A
valve
21
Q
varic/o
A
dilated vein
22
Q
vascul/o
A
blood vessel
23
Q
vas/o
A
vessel
24
Q
ven/o
A
vein
25
ventricul/o
ventricle
26
venul/o
venule
27
-cardia
heart condition
28
-manometer
instrument to measure pressure
29
-ole
small
30
-pressor
to press down
31
-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
32
-tension
pressure
33
-tonic
pertaining to tone
34
-ule
small
35
di-
two
36
bi/o
life
37
corpor/o
body
38
cutane/o
skin
39
duct/o
to bring
40
electr/o
electricity
41
hem/o
blood
42
lip/o
fat
43
my/o
muscle
44
orth/o
straight
45
pector/o
chest
46
peripher/o
away from center
47
pulmon/o
lung
48
scler/o
hard
49
-ectomy
surgical removal
50
-gram
record
51
-graphy
process of recording
52
-itis
inflammation
53
-logy
study of
54
-lytic
destruction
55
-megaly
enlarged
56
-oma
mass
57
-pathy
disease
58
-plasty
surgical repair
59
-rrhexis
rupture
60
-sclerosis
hardening
61
-scope
instrument for viewing
62
-stenosis
narrowing
63
-therapy
treatment
64
a-
without
65
anti-
against
66
brady-
slow
67
de-
without
68
endo-
inner
69
extra-
outside of
70
hyper-
excessive
71
hypo-
insufficient
72
inter-
between
73
intra-
within
74
per-
through
75
peri-
around
76
poly-
many
77
pre-
before
78
re-
again
79
tachy-
fast
80
tetra-
four
81
trans-
across
82
ultra-
beyond
83
AED
automated external defibrillator
84
AF
atrial fibrillation
85
AMI
acute myocardial infarction
86
AS
arteriosclerosis
87
ASD
atrial septal defect
88
ASHD
arteriosclerotic heart disease
89
AV, A-V
atrioventricular
90
BBB
bundle branch block
91
BP
blood pressure
92
bpm
beats per minute
93
CABG
coronary artery bypass graft
94
CAD
coronary artery disease
95
cath
catheterization
96
CC
cardiac catheterization, chief complaint
97
CCU
coronary care unit
98
CHF
congestive heart failure
99
CK
creatine kinase
100
CoA
coarctation of the aorta
101
CP
chest pain
102
CPR
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
103
CSD
congenital septal defect
104
CV
cardiovascular
105
DVT
deep vein thrombosis
106
ECC
extra corporeal circulation
107
ECG, EKG
electrocardiogram
108
ECHO
echocariography
109
fib
fibrillation
110
HTN
hypertension
111
ICD
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
112
ICU
intensive care unit
113
IV
intravenous
114
LVH
left ventricular hypertrophy
115
MI
myocardial infarction, mitral insufficiency
116
mm Hg
millimeters of mercury
117
MR
mitral regurgitation
118
MS
mitral stenosis
119
MVP
mitral valve prolapse
120
P
pulse
121
PAC
premature atrial contraction
122
PDA
patent ductus arteriosus
123
PTCA
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
124
PVC
premature ventricular contraction
125
PVD
peripheral vascular disease
126
SA, S-A
sinoatrial
127
SK
streptokinase
128
tPA
tissue plasminogen activator
129
V fib
ventricular fibrillation
130
VSD
ventricular septal defect
131
VT
ventricular tachycardia
