Chapter 10 Key Roots, Suffixes & Prefixes, Misc
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| aneurysm/o | aneurysm
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| angi/o; vas/o, vascul/o | vessel
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| aort/o | aorta
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| arter/o; arteri/o | arteriole
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| ather/o | yellowish, fatty plaque
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| atri/o | atrium
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| cancer/o; carcin/o | cancer
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| cardi/o | heart
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| coron/o | heart
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| ech/o; son/o | sound
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| electr/o | electrical
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| endocardi/o | endocardium
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| mediastin/o | mediastinum
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| my/o | muscle
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| myocardi/o | myocardium
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| ox/i | oxygen
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| pericardi/o | pericardium
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| phleb/o; ven/o | vein
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| pulmon/om | lung
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| rhythm/o | rhythm
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| scler/o | hard
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| sept/o | sep
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| sin/o | sinus
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| steth/o; thorac/o | chest
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| valv/o; valvul/o | valve
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| ventricul/o | ventricle
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| venul/o | venule
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| bi | two
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| brady | slow
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| de | down;from
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| epi | upon;above
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| peri | around
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| poly | many
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| tachy | fast
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| tri | three
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| ary | pertaining to
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| edema | swelling
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| graph | instrument used to record
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| graphy | process of recording
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| gram | recording, writing
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| ium | membrane
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| megaly | enlarged
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| ole | small
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| oma | tumor
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| pathy | disease, abnormality
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| phobia | fear (abnormal)
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| sclerosis | hardening, hardness
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| stenosis | narrowing, strricture
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| stomy | artificial opening
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| tome | cutting instrument
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| Mitral regurgitation | The backwash of blood in to the left atrium. Thickening, scarring, rigidity, & calcification of the valve leaflets allow backwash effect to occur. Blood cannot move efficiently. possible fatigue or shortness of breath depending on severity.
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| Aortic Stenosis | The narrowing of the aortic valve due to disease or the degeneration inherent in the natural aging process. Narrowing causes left ventricular hypertrophy as a result of the increased pressure necessary pump the blood through the stenotic valve
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| Aortic Regurgitation | The aortic valve between the aorta and the left ventricle does not close properly, and blood leaks backward through the valve. This causes overload of the left ventricle which can cause an eventual decrease in the muscular elasticity necessary for effecti
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| Digital Subtraction Angiography | Arteriography using circuitry to subtract the background of bone and soft tissue to provide a useful image of arteries injected with contrast medium.
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| First Order Vessel | Primary branch off the main trunk of a vascular system.
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| Main Trunk of the arterial system | Aorta
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| Main trunk of the venous system | Vena Cava
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| Roadmapping | Overlying of two images. A stored image is superimposed upon a current fluoroscopic image, or a current image can be copied for storage and later used in roadmapping (angiograms to see landmarks - not diagnostic)
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| Second order vessel | Secondary branch and comes of the first order vessel.
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| Third order and higher vessel(s) | Tertiary branch and further comes off the second order vessel.
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| Vascular Family | Network of vessels arising from the aorta's main branch of network vessels arising from one primary branch off the accesss site.
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