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Chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhythm/o | rhythm |
| ather/o | plaque (fatty substance) |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -gram | record |
| capillar/o | capillary |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| my/o | muscle |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| coron/o | heart (crown or circle) |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| arteri/o | artery |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| dia | complete |
| endo | within |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -um | structure; tissue; thing |
| endothelium | innermost lining of blood vessels |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| peri- | surrounding |
| thromb/o | clot |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -itis | inflammation |
| septum | partition or wall dividing a cavity; such as between the right and left atria (interatrial septum) and right and left ventricles (interventricular septum). |
| sinoatrial node | pacemaker of the heart |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| -meter | measure |
| sphygmomanometer | instrument to measure blood pressure |
| ven/o, ven/i | vein |
| systole | Contraction phase of the heartbeat. |
| tachy- | fast |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm (widened blood vessel) |
| auscultation | listening to a sound within the body |
| echo- | reflected sound |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| endo- | within |
| electr/o | electricity |
| hemorrhoids | (piles) are varicose veins near the anus |
| isch/o | hold back; back |
| -emia | blood condition |
| murmur | Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves |
| tri- | three |
| palpitations | Uncomfortable sensations in the chest related to cardiac arrhythmias, such as premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) |
| petechiae | small, pinpoint hemorrhages |
| vegetations | Clumps of platelets, clotting proteins, microorganisms, and red blood cells on diseased heart valves. |