Cardiovascular System

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learning about the cardiovascular system
Wendy SR.
Flashcards by Wendy SR., updated more than 1 year ago
Wendy SR.
Created by Wendy SR. over 8 years ago
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coron/o heart
angi/o vessel
aort/o aorta largest artery in the body
ather/o fatty substance
atri/o atrium upper chambers of the heart
cardi/o heart
corpor/o body
embol/o plug
isch/o to hold back
myocardi/o heart muscle
phleb/o vein
sept/o wall
son/o sound
sphygm/o pulse
steth/o chest
thromb/o clot
valv/o valvul/o valve
varic/o dilated vein
vascul/o blood vessel
vas/o vessel
ven/o vein
ventricul/o ventricle
-cardia heart condition
-manometer instrument to measure pressure
-ole small
-spasm involuntary muscle contraction
-tension pressure
-tonic pertaining to tone
-ule small
di- two
cutane/o skin
cyan/o blue
duct/o to bring
electr/o electricity
hem/o blood
lip/o fat
my/o muscle
pulmon/o lung
thromb/o clot
anti- against
endo- inner
hyper- excessive
-osis abnormal condition
tachy- fast
peri- around
per- through
brady- slow
hypo- insufficient
agglutin/o clumping
bas/o base
chrom/o color
eosin/o rosy red
fibrin/o fibers
fus/o pouring
granul/o granules
hemat/o blood
morph/o shape
neutr/o neutral
phag/o eat, swallow
sanguin/o blood
septic/o infection
-philia condition of being attracted to
-apheresis removal, carry away
-crit separation of
-cytic pertaining to cells
-cytosis more than the normal number of cells
-emia blood condition
-globin protein
-penia abnormal decrease, too few
-phil attracted to
-phillic pertaining to being attracted to
-plastic pertaining to formation
-plastin -poiesis formation
-rrhagic pertaining to abnormal flow
-stasis standing still
erythr/o red
leuk/o white
lymph/o lymph
neutr/o neutral
-globin protein
-ia condition
-ion action
-logy study of
-lytic destruction
-oma mass
-ous pertaining to
a- an- without
anti- against
dys- abnormal
mono- one
homo- same
pan- all
auto- self
trans- across
adenoid/o adenoids
axill/o axilla underarm
immun/o protection
inguin/o groin region
lymphaden/o lymph node
-edema swelling
nucle/o nucleus
splen/o spleen
thym/o thymus gland
tonsill/o tonsils
-globulin protein
-phage to eat
-toxic pertaining to poison
sarc/o flesh
path/o disease
-ectomy surgical removal
-megaly enlarged
-pathy disease
-itis inflammation
-gram record
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