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Med. Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessels |
| aort/o | aorta |
| ather/o | yellow plaque |
| Brady- | slow |
| cadi/o | heart |
| -crasia | weak |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| heart | muscular pump |
| pericardium | sac around heart |
| epicardium | inner most layer of the pericardium, outer surface of the heart |
| myocardium | muscular pump of the heart |
| endocardium | inner most layer of the heart |
| coronary arteries | supply blood to the heart |
| atria | upper chambers of the heart |
| ventricles | lower chambers of the heart |
| tricuspid vavle | lies between right atrium and ventricle |
| pulmonary vavle | located at the base of pulmonary trunk allows blood to leave left ventricle and prevent back flow |
| mitral valve | prevents backflow into left atrium from ventricles |
| aortic vavle | allows blood to leave left ventricle as it contracts |
| pulmonary circulation | circulation of the blood through heart and lungs |
| phleb/o | vein |
| tachy- | fast |
| systemic circulation | circulation of the blood through the rest of the body |
| pulmonary veins | carries newly oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart |
| pulmonary arteries | leads to lungs |