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Module 04
Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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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 |