Question | Answer |
angi/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
ateri/o | artery |
ather/o | fatty substance |
atri/o | atrium |
cardi/o | heart |
coron/o | heart |
corpor/o | body |
embol/o | plug |
isch/o | to hold back |
myocardi/o | heart muscle |
pect/o | chest |
phleb/o | vein |
sphygm/o | pulse |
steth/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot |
valv/o | valve |
valvul/o | valve |
varic/o | dilated vein |
vascul/o | blood vessel |
vas/o | vessel, duct |
ven/o | vein |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
cutane/o | skin |
duct/o | to bring |
electro/o | electricity |
hem/o | blood |
lip/o | fat |
my/o | muscle |
orth/o | straight |
pulmon/o | lung |
sept/o | a wall |
son/o | sound |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lytic | destruction |
-manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
-megaly | enlarged |
-ole | small |
-oma | growth |
-pathy | disease |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for viewing |
-spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-tension | pressure |
-ule | small |
a- | without |
anti- | against |
brady- | slow |
de- | without |
endo- | inner |
extra- | outside of |
hyper- | excessive |
hypo- | insufficient |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
poly- | many |
tachy- | fast |
tetra- | four |
trans- | across |
ultra- | beyond |
flow through heart | SVC/IVC-RA-TV-RV-PV-PA-LUNGS-LA-MV-LV-AV-AORTA-BODY |
pulmonary circulation | deoxygenated blood circulation between the heart and the lungs |
systemic circulation | oxygenated blood circulation away from the heart to the body and back to the heart |
name the systems involved in the cardiovascular system (CV) | heart, blood vessels - arteries, capillaries, and veins |
apex | tip of the heart at the lower ledge |
endocardium | inner lining of the heart chambers |
myocardium | thick, muscular layer middle layer of heart |
epicarduim | outer layer of heart |
diastole | the period of time a heart chamber is relaxed |
systole | the contraction phase of a heart chamber |
types of blood vessels | arteries, capillaries, and veins |
lumen | inside channel that blood flows through veins and arteries |
capillary bed | a network of capillaries |
venules | the vessel that carries blood from between capillaries and veins |
blood pressure (BP) | a measurement of force exerted by blood against the wall of of a blood vessel |
systolic pressure | highest blood pressure reading |
diastolic pressure | lowest blood pressure reading |
aortic | aort/o = aorta
-ic = pertaining to |
arterial | arteri/o = artery
-al = pertaining to |
arteriole | arteri/o = artery
-ole = small |
atrial | atri/o = atrium
-al = pertaining to |
cardiac | cardi/o = heart
-ac = pertaining to |
coronary | coron/o = heart
-ary = pertaining to |
interatrial | inter = between
atri/o = atrium
-al = pertaining to |
interventricular | inter = between
ventricul/o = ventricle
-ar = pertaining to |
myocardial | myocardi/o = heart muscle
-al = pertaining to |
valvular | valvul/o = valve
-ar = pertaining to |
vascular | vascul/o = blood vessel
-ar = pertaining to |
venous | ven/o = vein
-ous = pertaining to |
ventricular | ventricul/o = ventricle
-ar = pertaining to |
venule | ven/o = vein
-ule = small |