Common Terms and Word Elements for the Anatomy of the Cardiovascular System

Question 1

CORD/O
(kor‐dō)

Answer 1

Heart

Question 2

CARDI/O
(kard‐ē‐ō)

Answer 2

Heart

Question 3

VALV/O
(val‐vot‐ō)

Answer 3

Valve

Question 4

VALVUL/O
(val‐vyŭ‐lō)

Answer 4

Valvule

Question 5

CUSPID/O
(kŭs‐pĭ‐dō)

Answer 5

Cuspid, point

Question 6

MITR/O
(mī′trō)

Answer 6

Mitral valve

Question 7

CHORD/O
(kor‐dō)

Answer 7

Cord, tendon

Question 8

LUN/O
(loo‐nō)

Answer 8

Moon

Question 9

CRESC/O
(kres‐ō)
CRET/O
(krē‐tō)

Answer 9

Increasing, grow, crescent

Question 10

ATRI/O
(ā‐trē‐ō)

Answer 10

Atrium (a chamber of the heart), a central room

Question 11

VENTRICUL/O
(ven‐trik‐yŭ‐lō)

Answer 11

Ventricle, a small cavity

Question 12

SEPT/O
(sĕp‐tō)

Answer 12

A wall dividing two cavities

Question 13

PARIET/O
(pă‐rī‐ĕt‐ō)

Answer 13

Wall

Question 14

VISCER/O
(vis‐ĕ‐rō)

Answer 14

Organ

Question 15

CORON/O
(kŏ‐rō‐nō)

Answer 15

Coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown

Question 16

AORT/O
(ā‐or‐tō)

Answer 16

Aorta

Question 17

CAROTID/O
(kă‐rot‐ĭd‐ō)

Answer 17

Carotid

Question 18

JUGUL/O
(jŭg‐yŭ‐lō)

Answer 18

Jugular vein, throat

Question 19

PULM/O
(pŭl‐mō)
PULMON/O
(pul‐mŏ‐nō)

Answer 19

Lung

Question 20

SAPHEN/O
(săf‐ĕ‐nō)

Answer 20

Saphenous vein

Question 21

PORT/O
(port‐ō)

Answer 21

Gate, entrance (Port of entry of a vessel or nerve into an organ)

Question 22

OSTI/O
(os‐tē‐ō)

Answer 22

Orifice, opening

Question 23

VAS/O
(vā‐zō)

Answer 23

Vessel

Question 24

VASCUL/O
(vas‐kyŭ‐lō)

Answer 24

Vessel (a little vessel)

Question 25

ANGI/O (an‐jē‐ō)

Answer 25

Vessel

Question 26

ARTERI/O (ar‐tēr‐ē‐ō)

Answer 26

Artery

Question 27

ARTERIOL/O (ar‐tēr‐ē‐ō‐lō)

Answer 27

Arteriole

Question 28

PHLEB/O (flĕ‐bō)

Answer 28

Vein

Question 29

VEN/O (vē‐nō)

Answer 29

Vein

Question 30

VENUL/O (ven‐yŭ‐lō)

Answer 30

Venule

Question 31

CAPILLAR/O (kap‐ĭ‐ler‐ō)

Answer 31

Capillary

Question 32

ARC/O (ar‐kō)

Answer 32

Arch, a curved structure, a bow

Question 33

RAM/O (rā‐mō)

Answer 33

Ramus (a branching of vessels), branch, branchlike

Question 34

FURC/O (fŭr‐kō) FURCAT/O (fŭr‐kā‐tō)

Answer 34

A forking, splitting

Question 35

PLEX/O (plek‐sō)

Answer 35

Plexus (an interwoven network of vessels or nerves), to plait, interweave

Question 36

RET/O (rē‐tō)

Answer 36

Net, network

Question 37

LUMIN/O (loo‐mĭ‐nō)

Answer 37

Light, lumen (the open space between walls of a vessel)