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Anatomy Terms 29
Pre-Health Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aneurysm | aneurysm |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Aort/o | Aorta |
| Arteri/o | Artery |
| Arteriol/o | arteriole |
| Ather/o | Fatty substance, Plaque |
| Atri/o | Atrium |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Cine- | Movement |
| -Clysis | Irrigation, Washing |
| Coron/o | Heart |
| Embol/o | Embolus |
| Isch/o | Supress/ restrain |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| mi/o | less, smaller |
| -motor | movement/motion |
| palpit/o or palpitat/o | flutter, throbbing |
| phleb/o | vein |
| presby- | aging, elderly |
| rhe/o | flow, stream, current |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stenosis | narrowed, constricted |
| tachy- | fast |
| tel/e | end, distant |
| -tension | stretch, strained |
| valv/o, valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vessel, vas deferens |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of the heart or brain |
| venul/o | venule |