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Medical Terminology

Cardiovascular System

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1. angi/o vessel
2. aort/o aorta
3. arteri/o artery
4. ather/o fatty (lipid) paste
5. atri/o atrium
6cardi/o heart
7. coron/o circle or crown
8. phleb/o vein
9. thromb/o clot
10. varic/o swollen, twisted vein
11. endocardium membrane lining the cavities of the heart
12. epicardium membrane forming the outer layer of the heart
13. interatrial septum partition between the right and left ventricles
14. mitral valve heart valve between the keft atrium and the left ventricccle
15. tricuspid valve valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
16. capillaries tiny vessels that join arterioles
17. venules small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries into the veins
18. distole to expand; period during the heart cardiac cyce when blood enters the relaxed ventricals from the atria
19. systole to contract; period during the cardiac cycle when the heart is in contraction and blood is ejected through the aorta and the pulmonary artery
20. hypotension low blood pressure
21. hypertension high blood pressure
22. ischemia decreased blood flow to tissue caused by obstruction or contraction of a blood vessel
23. occlusion plugging; an obstruction or a closing off
24. vegetation an abnormal growth of tissue around a valve, generally resulting from infection; to grow
25. anastomosis joining of two blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other
26. valvuloplasty surgical repair of a heart valve
28. antianginal drug that dilates coronary arteries, restoring oxygen to the tissue to relieve the pain of angina pectoris
29, antiarrhythmic drug that counteracts cardiac arrhythmia
30. antihypertensive drug that lowers blood pressure
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