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MT CHP 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| ateri/o | artery |
| ather/o | fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | heart |
| corpor/o | body |
| embol/o | plug |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| pect/o | chest |
| phleb/o | vein |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| vas/o | vessel, duct |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| cutane/o | skin |
| duct/o | to bring |
| electro/o | electricity |
| hem/o | blood |
| lip/o | fat |
| my/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| sept/o | a wall |
| son/o | sound |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | growth |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -tension | pressure |
| -ule | small |
| a- | without |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | without |
| endo- | inner |
| extra- | outside of |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | insufficient |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| tachy- | fast |
| tetra- | four |
| trans- | across |
| ultra- | beyond |
| flow through heart | SVC/IVC-RA-TV-RV-PV-PA-LUNGS-LA-MV-LV-AV-AORTA-BODY |
| pulmonary circulation | deoxygenated blood circulation between the heart and the lungs |
| systemic circulation | oxygenated blood circulation away from the heart to the body and back to the heart |
| name the systems involved in the cardiovascular system (CV) | heart, blood vessels - arteries, capillaries, and veins |
| apex | tip of the heart at the lower ledge |
| endocardium | inner lining of the heart chambers |
| myocardium | thick, muscular layer middle layer of heart |
| epicarduim | outer layer of heart |
| diastole | the period of time a heart chamber is relaxed |
| systole | the contraction phase of a heart chamber |
| types of blood vessels | arteries, capillaries, and veins |
| lumen | inside channel that blood flows through veins and arteries |
| capillary bed | a network of capillaries |
| venules | the vessel that carries blood from between capillaries and veins |
| blood pressure (BP) | a measurement of force exerted by blood against the wall of of a blood vessel |
| systolic pressure | highest blood pressure reading |
| diastolic pressure | lowest blood pressure reading |
| aortic | aort/o = aorta -ic = pertaining to |
| arterial | arteri/o = artery -al = pertaining to |
| arteriole | arteri/o = artery -ole = small |
| atrial | atri/o = atrium -al = pertaining to |
| cardiac | cardi/o = heart -ac = pertaining to |
| coronary | coron/o = heart -ary = pertaining to |
| interatrial | inter = between atri/o = atrium -al = pertaining to |
| interventricular | inter = between ventricul/o = ventricle -ar = pertaining to |
| myocardial | myocardi/o = heart muscle -al = pertaining to |
| valvular | valvul/o = valve -ar = pertaining to |
| vascular | vascul/o = blood vessel -ar = pertaining to |
| venous | ven/o = vein -ous = pertaining to |
| ventricular | ventricul/o = ventricle -ar = pertaining to |
| venule | ven/o = vein -ule = small |
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