Cardiovascular_Terms_Answer_K

angi/o

vessel

angin/o

to choke

arteri/o

artery

ather/o

fatty substance, plaque

atri/o

atrium

auscultat/o

listen to

cardi/o

heart

circulat/o

circular

coron/o

crown or circle

dilat/o

to widen

-emia

blood condition

glyc/o

sugar

hem/o/a

blood

infarct/o

necrosis (death) of an area

lipid/o

fat

my/o

muscle

occlus/o

to close

pector/o

chest

phleb/o

vein

pulmon/o

lung

plasm/o/a

plasma

scler/o

hardening

sphygm/o

pulse

sten/o

narrowing

steth/o

chest

thromb/o

blood clot

valv/o; valvul/o

valve

vascul/o

blood vessel

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle