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Medical Voc 8
combining forms and review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi(o) | vessel |
| vas(o) | vessel |
| vascul(o) | vessel |
| aort(o) | aorta |
| arter(o) | artery |
| ateri(o) | artery |
| arteriol(o) | arteriole |
| cardi(o) | heart |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| ven(i) | vein |
| ven(o) | vein |
| venul(o) | venule |
| endocardi(o) | endocardium |
| myocardi(o) | myocardium |
| pericardi(o) | pericardium |
| atri(o) | atrium |
| coron(o) | crown |
| mediastin(o) | mediastinum |
| ox(i) | oxygen |
| pulumn(o) | lung |
| sept(o) | septum |
| partition | sept(o) |
| sin(o) | sinus |
| steth(o) | chest |
| thorac(o) | chest |
| valv(o) | valve |
| valvul(o) | valve |
| ventricul(o) | ventricle |
| -ole | small |
| rhythm(o) | rhythm |
| rrhythm(o) | rhythm |
| de- | down, from, or reversing |
| -stenosis | narrowing; stricture |
| aneurysm(o) | aneurysm |
| ather(o) | yellowish, fatty plaque |
| embol(o) | embolus |
| aden(o) | gland |
| adenoid(o) | adenoids |
| lymph(o) | lymph |
| lymphat(o) | lymphatics |
| lymphaden(o) | lymph node |
| lymphangi(o) | lymph vessel |
| splen(o) | spleen |
| thym(o) | thymus |
| tonsill(o) | tonsil |
| What are the lower chambers of the heart? | ventricles |
| What is the largest artery? | aorta |
| What consists of two large veins that communicate with the right atrium? | venae cavae |
| What contains the upper chambers of the heart? | atria |
| What vessels carry blood from the heart to the lungs? | pulmonary arteries |
| What vessels carry blood from the lungs to the heart? | pulmonary veins |
| What vessels convey blood from the venules toward the heart? | veins |
| What vessels join arterioles and venules? | capillaries |
| What vessels join capillaries and veins? | venules |
| What area in the chest cavity contains the heart? | mediastinum |
| .....is cardiac muscle tissue | myocardium |
| What is the inner lining of the heart? | endocardium |
| This is the sac which encloses the heart. | pericardium |
| What is the wall between the left and right sides of the heart? | cardiac septum |
| Charlie, a 60 year old male, has been diagnosed as having a coronary occulsion. He is most risk for which of the following? (atrioventricular block, congenital heart disease, myocardial infarction, or rheumatic fever) | myocardial infarction |
| Charlie is told he has a form of arteriosclerosis in which yellowish plaque has accumulated on the walls of the arteries. What is the name of this form of arteriosclerosis? (aortostenosis, atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy, or coarctaction) | atherosclerosis |
| Charlie's physician advices surgery. Which surgery is generally prescribed for coronary occlusion? (automatic implantable cardiopulmonary bypass, cardioverter, coronary artery bypass, or pericardiocentesis) | coronary artery bypass |
| Kristen, a 28 year old female, is told she has inflammation of the lining of the heart. What is the medical term for this heart pathology? (coronary heart disease, endocarditis, myocarditis, or pericarditis) | endocarditis |
| Jayne suffered ventricular fibrillation during coronary angiography. What procedure did the physician use to stop fibrillation? (atherectomy, endarterectomy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or defibrillation) | defibrillation |
| Term meaning: A tumor of the rhythm | rhythoma |
| Term meaning: Abnormal hardening of the aorta | aortosclerosis |
| Term meaning: Absence of a heartbeat | asystole |
| Term meaning: Agent that causes dilation of blood vessels | vasodilator |
| Term meaning: Increased blood pressure | hypertension |
| Term meaning: Increased pulse | tachycardia |
| Term meaning: Inflammation of lymphatic vessel | lymphangitis |
| Term meaning: Narrowing of the diameter of a vessel | angiostenosis |
| Term meaning: Removal of the tonsils | tonsillectomy |
| Term meaning: Suture of the spleen | splenorrhaphy |
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