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Med Term Chpt 5
Medical Terminology Chapter 5 Cardiovascular System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angiography | making a record of a vessel |
| angiorrhaphy | suturing a vessel |
| angiospasm | involuntary muscle contraction of a vessel |
| angiostenosis | narrowing of a vessel |
| aortogram | record of the aorta |
| aortic | pertaining to the aorta |
| arterial | pertaining to the artery |
| arteriole | small artery |
| arteriorrhexis | ruptured artery |
| arteriosclerosis | hardening of an artery |
| atherectomy | excision of fatty substance |
| atherosclerosis | hardening with fatty substance |
| atrial | pertaining to the atrium |
| interatrial | pertaining to between the atria |
| cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
| bradycardia | state of slow heart |
| cardiodynia | heart pain |
| electrocardiogram | record of heart electricity |
| cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
| myocardial | pertaining to heart muscle |
| cardiomyopathy | heart muscle disease |
| cardiologist | specialist in the cardiovascular system |
| cardiorrhaphy | suture of the heart |
| tachycardia | state of fast heart |
| coronary | pertaining to the heart |
| phlebitis | inflammation of vein |
| phlebotomy | incision in a vein |
| phleborrhaphy | suture a vein |
| valvulitis | inflammation of a valve |
| valvular | pertaining to a valve |
| venous | pertaining to a vein |
| venule | small vein |
| venotomy | incision into a vein |
| ventricular | pertaining to a ventricle |
| interventriculaar | pertaining to between the ventricles |