Cardio System Flashcards

cards

angi/o

blodd vessel

vascul/o

blood vessels

aort/o

aorta, largest artery

atri/o

atria, atrium

ather/o

plaque/fatty buildup

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

heart

ven/o

vein

phleb/o

vein

venul/o

venule

embol/o

embolus

constrict/o

constriction

dilat/o

dilation

scler/o

hardening

sept/o

wa

thromb/o

blood 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

narrow

tens/o

tension

systol/o

contraction

-cardia

heart rate

-gram

recording

-graph

recording

-megaly

enlargement

-ectomy

surgical removal

-version

to turn

-emic

nutrients

-ia

pertaining to

-graphy

process of recording

-stenosis

narrowing condition

-tension

tension/pressure

-ectasis

dilation/expansion

-stasis

state

-ism

condition

-sclerosis

hardening condition

-iac, -ous, -ary

pertaining to

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

endo-

under

epi-

on top of, above

extra-

foreign

peri-

surrounding

trans-

across

ASHD

Atherosclerotic Heart Disease

CABG

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

DVT

Deep Vein Thrombosis

ECG/EKG

electrocardiogram