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Module 04
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi(o)- | Blood Vessel |
| Aort(o)- | Aorta |
| arteri(o)- | Of or pertaining to an artery |
| ather(o)- | Fatty plaque |
| atri(o)- | An atrium |
| cardi(o)- | Of or pertaining to the heart |
| embol(o)- | Embolus, plug |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| hem-, hemo-, hemat(o)- | Blood |
| hemangio- | Blood vessels |
| -phil | Attraction for |
| phleb(o)- | Of or pertaining to the (blood) veins, a vein |
| -rrhagia | Rapid flow of blood |
| scler(o)- | Hardening, thickening |
| sten(o)- | Narrowing, stricture |
| thromb(o)- | Referring to a blood clot, clotting of blood |
| varic(o)- | Swollen or twisted vein |
| vas(o)- | Duct, blood vessel |
| vascul(o)- | Blood vessel |
| ven- | Referring to the (blood) veins, a vein |
| ventricul(o)- | Ventricle |
| aer(o)- | Air, gas |
| bronch(i)- | Bronchus |
| laryng(o)- | Of or pertaining to the larynx, the lower throat cavity where the voice box is |
| myx(o)- | Mucus |
| nas(o)- | Of or pertaining to the nose |
| ox(o)- | Oxygen |
| pharnyg(o)- | Referring to the pharynx, the upper throat cavity |
| phon(o)- | Voice |
| pneum(o)-, pneumon(o)- | Of or pertaining to the lungs |
| pneumat(o)- | Air, lung |
| -ptysis | Spitting, hemoptysis, the spitting of blood derived from the lungs of the bronchial tubes |
| pulmon-, pulmo- | Of or relating to the lungs |
| rhin(o)- | Of or pertaining to the nose |
| sinus- | Of or pertaining to the sinus |
| spir(o)- | Breathe |
| steth(o)- | Chest |
| thorac(i)-, thorac(o)- | Referring to the upper chest, chest; the area above the breast and under the neck |
| trache(o)- | Trachea |
| blast(o)- | Germ, bud |
| chrom(o)- | Color |
| cyt(o)- | Cell |
| lymph(o)- | Lymph |
| morph(o)- | Form or shape |
| -phylaxis | Protection |
| reticul(o)- | Net |
| splen(o)- | Spleen |