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Term Test CardioPulm
Cardio/ Pulmonary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an- | without, not |
| per- | through |
| anti- | against |
| peri- | around |
| brady- | slow |
| pro- | before |
| epi- | above, upon |
| tachy- | fast |
| extra- | outside, outward |
| trans- | through |
| endo- | in, within |
| -cyte | cell |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -oma | tumor |
| -phage | cell that eats |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -crasia | mixture, blending |
| -fusion | joining, pour |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| albumin/o | protein |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | joint |
| bilirubin/o | bile pigment |
| coron/o | heart |
| electr/o | ecectric |
| erythr/o | red |
| fibrin/o | threads of a clot |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| isch/o | to hold back (block) |
| lip/o | fat |
| macr/o | large |
| phag/o | swallowing/eating |
| reticul/o | net, mesh |
| ser/o | serum |
| sept/o | septum |
| sten/o | narrowing, stricture |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| atri/o | atrium |
| cardi/o | heart |
| ech/o | repeating sound |
| embol/o | embolus |
| fibrill/o | muscular twitching |
| hem/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| lipid/o | fat |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| phleb/o | vein |
| scler/o | hardening |
| septic/o | poison |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| valv/o | valve |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| a- | without, not |
| pneu- | air, lung |
| eu- | good |
| dys- | difficult |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -phonia | voice |
| -osmia | smell (sense of) |
| -thorax | pleural cavity, chest |
| -meter | measure |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation, stretching |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| alveol/o | alveoli, air sac |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (bronchi, bronchus) |
| coni/o | dust |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | strait |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tubes (bronchi, bronchus) |
| or/o | mouth |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| sinus/o | sinus cavity |
| trache/o | trachea (airway & sinus) |
| adenoid/o | adenoid |
| bronchial/o | bronchioles |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| ox/, ox/y, ox/o | oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pleur/o | side of body, pleura |
| rhin/o | nose |
| thorac/o | chest |
| anthrac/o | black |
| cyan/o | blue |
| lob/o | lobe |
| olfact/o | smell (sense of) |
| steth/o | chest |
| spir/o | breathing/ breathe |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| -ia | pertaining to |
| -capnia | pertaining to carbon dioxide |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| ab- | from, away from |
| -ema | state of, condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | fixation of (an organ), suspension |
| -clasis | break down |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| throat | pharynx |
| hypo- | defficient |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| sub- | below |