Unit 6- Cardiovascular System

angi/o

vessel

vascul/o

vascular

aort/o

aorta

atri/o

atrium

ather/o

plaque

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

crown; circle

ven/o

vein

phleb/o

vein

venul/o

small vein

embol/o

blockage

constrict/o

tighten

dilat/o

expand

scler/o

hardening

sept/o

wall

thromb/o

blood clot

valv/o

valve

vas/o

blood vessel

ventricul/o

ventricle

arteri/o, arter/o

artery

capill/o

capillaries

my/o

muscle

sphygm/o

blood pressure

sten/o

narrow

tens/o

tension

systol/o

contraction

-cardia

heart rate

-gram

image

-graph

imaging tool

-megaly

enlargement

-ectomy

surgical removal

-version

turning

-emic

condition of blood

-ia

pertaining to

-graphy

imaging process

-stenosis

narrowing

-tension

blood pressure

-ectasis

dilation

-stasis

process

-ism

condition

-sclerosis

hardening

-iac, -ous, -ary

pertaining to

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

endo-

inside

epi-

above

extra-

outside

peri-

around

trans-

change, across

ASHD

Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease

CABG

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

DVT

Deep Vein Thrombosis

ECG/EKG

Electrocardiogram