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Chapter 5&6

5: the blood, lymphatic and immune system, 6: cardiovascular word parts

TermDefinition
angi/o vessel (blood-artery/veins)
aort/o aorta, largest artery
arteri/o artery *specific term*
arteriol/o arteriole (small artery)
ather/o plaque, fatty buildup like a scab that forms on inside of artery, fat scab, causes stroke
bol/o cast, throw
cardi/o heart
coagul/o coagulation, clotting
constrict/o narrowing vasoconstriction
coron/o heart
cyan/o blue
dilat/o to enlarge or expand vasodilation
electr/o electricity
lumin/o light
my/o muscle
pleb/o vein *specific term*
pulmon/o lung
rhythm/o rhythm, heartbeat
sept/o wall, partition (intraventricular septum)
son/o sound
sphygm/o pulse
systol/o contraction
tens/o stretched, strained
thromb/o clot
tom/o cut (cys/o)
vas/o vessel, duct
ven/i,ven/o vein
ventricul/o ventricule
venul/o venule (small vein) leads to beings
a-, an- not, without
anti- against
brady- slow
dia- through, complete
echo- reflected sound (used for ultrasound, gives different feedbacks depending on substance)
em- in
endo- in,within
epi- on,over,upon
hyper- above normal, excessive
hypo- below normal, deficicent
per- through
peri- around, surrounding
tachy- fast
trans- across
-ant substance that promotes
-ation process, condition
-e (noun suffix with NO meaning)
-ectomy surgical removal, excision
-emic pertaing to blood condition
-gram record, image
-graphy process of recording
-ia condition
-ine, -in chemical compound, substance
-lytic pertaining to breakdown/destruction
-meter measure
-or one who takes action or does something
-pathy disease
-ive substance that promotes
-itis inflammation
-ism process, condition
-plasty surgical repair
-sclerosis hardening, thickening
-stenosis narrowing, tightening
-stomy surgical opening
-tension pressure hypertension: high blood pressure
-tomy process of cutting, incision
-trophy condition of growth/development
-um,-us structure,tissue,thing
-version to turn
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