Circulatory System Flashcards
(73 cards)
1
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-ac
A
refers to, pertains to, or state of
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Q
Af-
A
toward
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Angi/o-
A
vessel
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angin/o-
A
vessel
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Q
Aneurysm-
A
dilation or ballooning
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Q
-apheresis
A
to remove or separate
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Q
arteri/o-
A
artery
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Q
Athero-
A
porridge or yellow fat
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Q
-atresia
A
closure
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atri/o-
A
chamber
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Q
-blast
A
beginning or young
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Q
Brevi-
A
short
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capill/o-
A
hair-like
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Q
Cardi/o-
A
heart
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cetheter/o-
A
to let down into
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Q
-clast
A
breakdown
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Q
coagul/o-
A
clotting or to clot
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coron/o-
A
crowning
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cost/o-
A
rib
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crenat/o-
A
notched
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Q
-crit
A
separate
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cyan/o-
A
blue
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-cytosis
A
increase in numbers
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-emesis
A
vomit
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-emia
blood
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eosin/o-
rose-red color
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erythr/o-
red
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-ference
to cary
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Ferro-
iron
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foraamen/o-
opening
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gangren/o-
eating sore
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hem/o-
blood
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Heme-
iron
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hypn/o-
sleep
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Hypo-
under or below
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Infarct-
to stuff into
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isch/o-
deficiency, blockage, to hold back
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leuk/o-
white
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macro-
large or huge
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mon/o-
one
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Natri-
sodium or salt
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neutr/o-
neither or neutral
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-o/rrhagia
bursting forth or heavy flow
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occlusi/o-
closure or blockage
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oscill/o-
to swing
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-penia
decrease in number
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Peri-
around
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Phago-
eat, eating, perverse appetite
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phleb/o-
vein
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-phoresis
migration, transport, move, or carry
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-phraxia
stoppage or obstruction
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-poie/sis
to make, form produce
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poikil/o-
irregular or varied shape
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pykn/o-
thick, dense, compact
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reticul/o-
network
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-rrhythm
rhythm or contraction
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scler/o-
hardening
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sept/a-
partition or wall
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sept/o-
poison, infection, decay, putrefy
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sider/o-
iron
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spher/o-
ball, globe, round
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-stasis
stoppage, standing, location
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-stat
to stop or immediately
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-staxia
dripping or trickling
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sten/o-
narrowing
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-stole
contract
67
sy/stol/o-
to draw together or contract
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Tachy-
fast or swift
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thromb/o-
clot, clump together, or curdle
70
tract/o-
to draw or pull
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varc/o-
twisted
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vas/o-
vessel
73
ven/o-
vein
