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CardiovascularSys.
| 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, restrain |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| mi/o | smaller, less |
| -motor | movement, motion |
| palpit/o, palpitat/o | throbbing, flutter |
| phleb/o | vein |
| presby- | elder, aging |
| rhe/o | stream, flow, current |
| -spasm | involuntary, contricted |
| sphygm/o, -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stenosis | narrow, constricted |
| tachy- | fast |
| tel/o | end, distance |
| -tension | stretched, strained |
| valv/o, valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vas deferens, vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of heart or brain |
| venul/o | venule |