Combining forms Flashcards
(51 cards)
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angi(o), vas(o), vascul(o)
A
Means vessel
Or ductus deferens
2
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aort(o)
A
Means aorta
3
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arter(o), arteri(o)
A
Artery
4
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arteriol(o)
A
arteriole
5
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cardi(o)
A
Heart
6
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phleb(o), ven(i), ven(o)
A
Means vein
7
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venul(o)
A
venule
8
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atri(o)
A
Atrium
9
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coron(o)
A
Crown
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mediastin(o)
A
mediastinum
11
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ox(i)
-ox
A
Oxygen
12
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pulmon(o)
A
Lung
13
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sept(o)
A
Septum; partition
Infection
14
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sin(o)
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Sinus
15
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steth(o), thorac(o)
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Chest
16
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valv(o), valvul(o)
A
Valve
17
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ventricul(o)
A
Ventricle
of either the heart or brain
18
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rhythm(o), rrhythm(o)
A
Rhythm
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Scler(o),
A
Hard, hardening
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aneurysm(o)
A
aneurysm
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ather(o)
A
Yellowish, fatty plaque
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embol(o)
A
Embolus
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aden(o)
A
Gland
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adenoid(o)
A
Adenoids
25
lymph(o)
lymph, lymphatics
26
lymphaden(o)
Lymph node
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lymphangi(o)
lymph vessel
28
lymphat(o)
Lymphatics
29
splen(o)
Spleen
30
thym(o)
Thymus
31
tonsill(o)
Tonsils
32
Lympho/genous
means either producing lymph or produced from lymph or the lymphatics
originating in the lymphatics
33
lymph capillaries
The smallest vessels which are found in almost all regions of the body
34
lymphatic capillaries
Pick up interstitial fluid that has collected from the normal course of blood circulation
35
Cisterna chyli
And the ducts are structures that are formed by the merging of many lymph vessels and their trunks
36
thorac/ic duct
Located in the chest
37
cervic/al lymph nodes
Are located in the area of the neck
38
cervic(o)
Neck, cervix
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axill(o)
Armpit
40
inguin(o)
Groin
41
Cervical lymph nodes
Found in the neck
42
axillary lymph nodes
Are found in the armpits (axilla) of the body
43
inguinal lymph nodes
Found in the groin
44
lymph nodes
Filter lymph and fight infection
they range in size From pinhead to the size of a bean
lymph flows Into the node through afferent lymphatic vessels, where many harmful substances in the fluid are trapped
45
adenoid(o)
Means adenoids
46
Thromb(o)
* means clot
Blood clot
47
my(o)
muscle
48
hem(o)
Blood
49
Atriomegaly
Abnormal enlargement of an atrium
50
cardi(o)
Means heart
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vascul(o)
Means vessel
