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Chabner Ch 11 WC rev
Chabner Ch 11 WWC Chapter Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aneurysm/o | Local widening (dilation) of an arterial wall. |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta, largest artery |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery, vessel that carries blood away from heart |
| ather/o | yellowish plaque, fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium, upper chamber of heart |
| axill/o | armpit |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cholesterol/o | cholesterol (a lipid substance) |
| coron/o | heart |
| cyan/o | blue |
| isch/o | hold back |
| my/o | muscle |
| myx/o | mucus |
| ox/o | oxygen (gas) |
| pericardi/o | pericardium, (membrane surrounding heart) |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o, ven/i | vein (carries blood toward the heart |
| ventricul/o | ventricle, lower chamber of heart |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| -dilation | widening, stretching, expanding |
| -emia | blood condition (abnormal) |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measure |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | lack of, down, less, removal of |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| endo- | in, within |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | below, deficient, under, less than normal |
| inter- | between |
| peri- | surrounding |
| tachy- | fast |
| tetra- | four |
| tri- | three |