Medical Terminology Exam #4

CORD/O (kor‐dō)

Heart

CARDI/O (kard‐ē‐ō)

Heart

VALV/O (val‐vot‐ō)

Valve

VALVUL/O (val‐vyŭ‐lō)

Valvule

CUSPID/O (kŭs‐pĭ‐dō)

Cuspid, point

MITR/O (mī′trō)

Mitral valve

CHORD/O (kor‐dō)

Cord, tendon

LUN/O (loo‐nō)

Moon

CRESC/O (kres‐ō)

CRET/O (krē‐tō)

Increasing, grow, crescent

ATRI/O (ā‐trē‐ō)

Atrium (a chamber of the heart), a central room

VENTRICUL/O (ven‐trik‐yŭ‐lō)

Ventricle, a small cavity

SEPT/O (sĕp‐tō)

A wall dividing two cavities

PARIET/O (pă‐rī‐ĕt‐ō)

Wall

VISCER/O (vis‐ĕ‐rō)

Organ

CORON/O (kŏ‐rō‐nō)

Coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown

AORT/O (ā‐or‐tō)

Aorta

CAROTID/O (kă‐rot‐ĭd‐ō)

Carotid

JUGUL/O (jŭg‐yŭ‐lō)

Jugular vein, throat

PULM/O (pŭl‐mō)

PULMON/O (pul‐mŏ‐nō)

Lung

SAPHEN/O (săf‐ĕ‐nō)

Saphenous vein

PORT/O (port‐ō)

Gate, entrance (Port of entry of a vessel or nerve into an organ)

OSTI/O (os‐tē‐ō)

Orifice, opening

VAS/O

(vā‐zō)

Vessel

VASCUL/O

(vas‐kyŭ‐lō)

Vessel (a little vessel)

ANGI/O

(an‐jē‐ō)

Vessel

ARTERI/O

(ar‐tēr‐ē‐ō)

Artery

ARTERIOL/O (ar‐tēr‐ē‐ō‐lō)

Arteriole

PHLEB/O

(flĕ‐bō)

Vein

VEN/O

(vē‐nō)

Vein

VENUL/O

(ven‐yŭ‐lō)

Venule

CAPILLAR/O

(kap‐ĭ‐ler‐ō)

Capillary

ARC/O

(ar‐kō)

Arch, a curved structure, a bow

RAM/O

(rā‐mō)

Ramus (a branching of vessels), branch, branchlike

FURC/O (fŭr‐kō)

FURCAT/O (fŭr‐kā‐tō)

A forking, splitting