exercise physiology

Brady-

Brady-

Slow

Endo-

Within

Epi-

Upon, over, above, on top

Inter-

Between

Peri-

Around

Tachy-

Rapid, fast

Tetra-

Four

Angi/o, angin/o

blood vessel

Aort/o

aorta

Arter/o, arteri/o

Artery

Arter/o

Fat

Card/o, cardi/o

Heart

Caron/o

Crown, circle heart

Cyan/o

Blue

Ech/o

to bounce, sound

Electr/o

electricity

Embol/o

to plug

Hemorrh/o

likely to bleed

Isch/o

to hold back, deficiency, blockage

Man/o

thin

My/o, myos/o

muscle

Pector/o

chest

Phleb/o

vein

Pulmon/o

lung

Rrhythm/o

repetition, rhythm

Sceler/o

thick, hard; sclera

Sept/o

wall, partition

Sphygm/o

pulse

Sten/o

narrowness, constriction

Steth/o

chest

Tens/o

pressure

Thromb/o

clot

Valvul/o

little valve

Vas/o

blood vessel

Vascul/o

small blood vessel

Ven/o

vein

Vendricul/o

little belly, cavity, ventricle

-Ac, -Ary, -Is

pertaining to

-Aphersis

removal

-Dynia

pian

-Gram

to record

-Graph

instrument of recording

-Lytic

pertaining to loosen, dissolve

-Megaly

abnormally large

-Rrhaphy

suturing

-Rrhexis

rupture

-Sis

state of

-Spasm

Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

-Stomy

Surgical creation of an opening