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Endocrine, cardio
For HLTH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| ather/o | fatty substance, plaque |
| atri/o | atrium |
| brady- | slow |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cine- | movement |
| -clysis | irrigation, washing |
| coron/o | heart |
| embol/o | embolus |
| isch/o | suppress, retain |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| mi/o | less, smaller |
| -motor | movement, motion |
| palpit/o, palpitat/o | flutter, throbbing |
| phleb/o | vein |
| presby- | aging, elderly |
| rhe/o | flow, current, stream |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stenosis | narrowed, constricted |
| tachy- | fast |
| tel/e | end, distant |
| -tension | stretched, strained |
| valv/o, valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vessel, vas deferens |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of the heart or brain |
| venul/o | venule |
| acr/o | extremities |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| crin/o | secrete, separate |
| hirsut/o | hairy |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| medull/o | medulla, marrow |
| myx/o | mucus |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid |
| phe/o | dusky |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| -trophy, troph/o | nourishment, growth |