cardiovascular system vocab

angi/o

blood vessel

vascul/o

blood vessel

aort/o

aorta

atri/o

atrium

ather/o

fatty buildup

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

heart

ven/o

vein

venul/o

small vein

phleb/o

vein

embol/o

plug

constrict/o

narrowing

dilat/o

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scler/o

hardening

sept/o

wall; partition

thromb/o

clot

valv/o

valves

vas/o

vessel; duct

ventricul/o

ventricles

arteri/o

arter/o

arteries

capill/o

capillaries

my/o

muscle

sphygm/o

pulse

sten/o

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tens/o

stretched, strained

systol/o

contraction

-cardia

heart condition

-gram

measure

-graph

instrument for recording

-megaly

enlargment

-ectomy

surgical excision

-version

to turn

-emic

pertaining to blood condition

-ia

condition

-graphy

process of recording

-stenosis

narrowing; tightening

-tension

pressure

-ectasis

dilation; expansion

-stasis

stoppage of flow

-ism

process, condition

-sclerosis

hardening

-iac, -ous, -ary

pertaining to tissue

-ium

structure, tissue

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

endo-

in, within

epi-

on,over,upon

extra-

outside

peri-

around, surrounding

trans-

across

ASHD

arteriosclerotic heart disease

CABG

coronary artery bypass graft

what is an EMBOLUS

any mass moving through the vascular channels (most emboli are blood clots)

what is an EMBOLISM

a mass, commonly a blood clot that becomes logged in a blood vessel, obstructing flow