Medterm Cardiovascular System

angi/o

blood vessel

vascul/o

vessel

aort/o

aorta

atri/o

atrium

ather/o

fatty plaque

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

coronary artery

ven/o

veins

phleb/o

veins

venul/o

venule

embol/o

blockage

constrict/o

to narrow/draw together

dilat/o

enlarge/widen

scler/o

hardening

sept/o

septum

thromb/o

blood clot

valv/o

valve

vas/o

blood vessel

ventricul/o

ventricle

arteri/o or arter/o

artery

capill/o

capillaries

my/o

muscle

sphygm/o

pulse

sten/o

narrow/constrict

tens/o

stretch/strain

systol/o

contraction

-cardia

heart

-gram

record

-graph

instrument used to record

-megaly

enlarged

-ectomy

surgical removal

-version

to turn

-emic

pertaining to blood condition

-ia

condition

-graphy

process of recording

-stenosis

tightening

-tension

pressure

-ectasis

dialation

-stasis

to stop

-ism

process

-sclerosis

hardening

-iac, -ous, -ary

pertaining to

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

endo-

within

epi-

above

extra-

excessive

peri-

around

trans-

across

ASHD

Arteriosclerotic heart disease

CABG

Coronary artery bypass graph

DVT

Deep vein thrombosis

ECG/EKG

Electrocardiogram