Terminology 5 VHS211 Lab

Ather/o

Plaque

Coron/o

Heart

Cyan/o

Blue

Phleb/o

Vein

Thromb/o

Clot

Vascul/o

Vessel

Capn/o

pertaining to CCO2

Furc/o

Forked/branching

Olfact/o

Pertaining to sense of smell

Phragm/o

Partition or diaphragm

Phren/o

Diaphragm or mind

Spir/o

Breathing or respiration

Brady-

Slow

Tachy-

Fast

Para-

Beside, near, or beyond

-lysis

breakdown, destruction

-megaly

Enlargement

-oxia

oxygen

-stenosis

Tightening, narrow, stricture

-dynia

Pain

-pnea

breathing 

-ptysis

Spitting

-stomy

Surgical creation of an opening

Arrythmia

Abnormal heart rhythm

Auscultation

listening w/a stethoscope to sounds w/in the body

Cardiomegaly

Enlargement of the heart

Carditis

Inflammation of the heart

Endocarditis

Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart

Fibrillation

Rapid, random, irregular contractions of the heart

Ischemia

Lack of blood flow to tissues

Mitral valve

Valve btwn LA and LV of the heart

Murmur

An extra heart sound

Myocardium

Muscle layer of the heart

Pericardium

Membrane surrounding the heart

Sinoatrial node

Pacemaker of the heart

Systole

Contraction phase of heartbeat

BP

Blood pressure

EKG

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Phlebitis

Inflammation of veins

PVC

Premature ventricular contraction

Vena Cava

Largest vein in the body

V Fib

Ventricular fibrillation

V Tach

Ventricular tachycardia