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Cardiovascular #1
Cardiovascular combining forms vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| widened blood vessel | aneurysm/o |
| vessel (usually blood or lymph) | angi/o |
| inflammation of blood vessels | vascul/o |
| aorta | aort/o |
| artery | arteri/o |
| arteriole | arteriol/o |
| atrium | atri/o |
| fatty plaque | ather/o |
| heart | cardi/o |
| electricity | electr/o |
| embolus (plug) | embol/o |
| blood vessels | hemangi/o |
| muscle | my/o |
| vein | phleb/o |
| vein | ven/o |
| hardening | scler/o |
| septum | sept/o |
| pulse | sphygm/o |
| narrowing or stricture | sten/o |
| blood clot | thromb/o |
| ventricle of the heart or brain | ventricul/o |
| record, writing | -gram |
| instrument for recording | -graph |
| process of recording | -graphy |
| pulse | -sphyxia |
| narrowing, stricture | -stenosis |
| slow | brady- |
| in, within | endo- |
| outside | extra- |
| around | peri- |
| rapid | tachy- |
| across | trans- |