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Chabner Chapter 11

Cardiovascular System

QuestionAnswer
angi/o blood vessel
aort/o aorta; largest artery
arteri/o artery
arteriol/o arteriole (small artery)
ather/o plaque, fatty build up
bol/o cast, throw
cardi/o heart
coagul/o coagulation; clotting
constrict/o narrowing
coron/o heart
cyan/o blue
dilat/o to enlarge or expand
electr/o electricity
lumin/o light
my/o muscle
phleb/o vein
pulmon/o lung
rhythm/o rhythm; heartbeat
sept/o wall; partition
son/o sound
sphygm/o pulse
systol/o contraction
tens/o streched; strained
thromb/o clot
tom/o to cut
vas/o vessel; duct
vascul/o blood vessel
ven/i, ven/o vein
ventricul/o ventricle
venul/o venule (small vein)
a-, an- without
anti- against
brady- slow
dia- through, complete
echo- reflected sound
em- in
endo- in, within
epi- on; over; upon
hyper- above normal, excessive
hypo- below normal, deficient
per- through
peri- around, surrounding
tachy- fast
trans- across
-ant substance that promotes
-ation process; condition
-ectomy surgical removal; excision
-emic pertaining to a blood condition
-gram record, image
-graphy process of recording
-ia condition
-in, -ine chemical, substance
-ism process or condition
-itis inflammation
-ive substance that promotes
-lytic pertaining to breakdown or separation
-meter measure
-or someone who
-osis abnormal condition
-pathy disease
-plasty surgical repair
-sclerosis hardening; thickening
-stenosis narrowing; tightening
-stomy surgical opening
-tension pressure
-tomy process of cutting
-trophy condition of growth or development
-um, -us structure, tissue, thing
-version turning
 



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