Chapter 5: med term

angi/o

vessel

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole

ather/o

fatty substance

atri/o

atrium

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

heart

embol/o

plug

fibrin/o

fibers

isch/o

to hold back

myocardi/o

heart muscle

phleb/o

vein

sept/o

wall

son/o

sound

sphygm/o

pulse

steth/o

chest

tele/o

distant

thromb/o

clot

valv/o

valve

valvul/o

valve

varic/o

dilated vein

vas/o

vessel

vascul/o

blood vessel

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle

venul/o

venule

-cardia

heart condition

-manometer

instrument to measure pressure

-ole

small

-pressor

to press down

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-tension

pressure

-tonic

pertaining to tone

-ule

small

bi/o

life

corpor/o

body

cutane/o

skin

duct/o

to lead

electr/o

electricity

esophag/o

esophagus

hem/o

blood

lip/o

fat

my/o

muscle

orth/o

straight

pector/o

chest

peripher/o

away from center

pulmon/o

lung

scler/o

hard

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-megaly

enlarged

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-therapy

treatment

-stenosis

narrowing

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

pre-

before

re-

again

tachy-

fast

tetra-

four

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond

bradycardia

resting heart rate lower than normal

embolus

unattached mass or foreign substance that travels through the bloodstream and can block a blood vessel

infract

area of dead tissue caused by a sudden lack of blood supply and oxygen

ischemia

reduced or blocked blood flow deprives a part of the body of oxygen

murmur

an extra sounds heard through a stethoscope

plaque

an abnormal patch of tissue build up on or inside the body

regurgitation

backward flow of body fluids

tachycardia

fast heart rate

thrombus

a blood clot

angina pectoris

chest pain

bundle branch block

a delay or blockage occurs in the electrical pathways that send signals to lower chambers of heart

cardiac arrest

cardiopulmonary arrest

cognitive heart failure

heart failure

coronary artery disease

causes coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis)

fibrillation

a rapid irregular quivering of individual muscle fibers