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Chapter 6/
Cardiovascular System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arter/o; arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| ather/o | fatty, yellowish plaque |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | heart; heart vessel; coronary artery |
| ech/o | sound |
| electr/o | electrical |
| my/o | muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of the heart |
| isch/o | deficiency, blockage |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| brady- | slow |
| poly- | many |
| tachy- | fast |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gram | record, picture |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -pathy | disease |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| ASHD | arteriosclerotic heart disease |
| BBB | bundle branch block |
| BP | blood pressure |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| HHD | hypertensive heart disease |
| PAC | premature atrial contraction |
| PAT | paroxysmal atrial tachycardia |
| PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
| PVC | premature ventricular contraction |
| RHD | rheumatic heart disease |
| TEE | transesophageal echocardiography |