Ch 7 Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular System

cord/o

heart

cardi/o

heart

valv/o

valve

valvul/o

valvule

cuspid/o

cuspid, point

mitr/o

mitral

chord/o

chord, tendon

lun/o

moon

cresc/o

increasing, crescent

atri/o

atrium (a chamber of the hear), a central room

ventricul/o

ventricle, a small cavity

sept/o

a wall dividing two cavities

pariet/o

wall

viscer/o

organ

coron/o

coroll/o

coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown

aort/o

aorta

carotid/o

carotid

jugul/o

jugular vein, throat

pulm/o

pulmon/o

lung

saphen/o

saphenous vein

port/o

gate, entrance (port of entry of a vessel or nerve into an organ)

osti/o

orifice, opening

vas/o

vessel

vascul/o

vessel (a little vessel)

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole

phleb/o

vein

ven/o

vein

venul/o

venule

capillar/o

capillary

arc/o

arch, a curved structure, a bow

ram/o

ramus (a branching of vessels), branch, branchlike

furc/o

furcat/o

a forking, splitting

plex/o

plexus (an interwoven network of vessels or nerves), to plait, interweave

ret/o

net, network

lumin/o

light, lumen (the open space between walls of a vessel)

sphygm/o

-sphygmia

pulse

rhythm/o

rhythm

systol/o

contraction

diastol/o

expansion

tachy-

tach/o

quick, rapid

brady-

slow

steth/o

chest

tens/o

stretch

dilat/o

expand

-ectasia

-ectasis

dilated, expanded

strict/o

string/o

to narrow, bind, compress

spasm/o

spasmod/o

convulsion, spasm

fibrill/o

fibril, fiber

palpit/o

sensation of rapid heating of the heart

angin/o

angina pectoris, choking

ather/o

fatty plaque

scler/o

hard

isch/o

hold back

coarct/o

coarctat/o

to confine

varic/o

swollen, tortuous vein

aneurysm/o

abnormal widening of a vessel

eury-

wide

clus/o

clud/o

shut, closed off

claudic/o

limping

phor/o

-phoresis

to bear, convey

-phor

-phore

bearer

-phoresis

transmission

lat/o

to bear, convey

sanguin/o

blood

hem/o

hemat/o

-emia

blood

plasm/o

-plasm

fluid portion of blood (plasma); something formed or shaped

plast/o

formed, molded

-plast

forming cell or organelle

-plasia

condition of formation, growth

ser/o

fluid left over after blood clotting (blood serum), a watery fluid

-poiesis

to make, produce

blast/o

-blast

embryonic cell, formative cell or layer, bud or shoot

cyt/o

-cyte

cell

thromb/o

a clot

erythr/o

red, red blood cell

leuk/o

leuc/o

white, white blood cell

reticul/o

net, network

granul/o

granule

corpuscul/o

corpuscle, small mass or body

glob/o

globul/o

ball, sphere

morph/o

shape, form

nucle/o

center of cell (nucleus), nut, kernel

kary/o

center of cell (nucleus), nut, kernel

neutr/o

neutral, neither

bas/o

basi/o

base, a foundation, step, a walking

eosin/o

red dyes used in histology (eosine)

eos/o

eo-

dawn, early, morning red

phil/o

-phil

-phile

attraction, love

lymph/o

lymphat/o

lymph, water

nod/o

node (lymph), swollen, knot-like

aden/o

gland

splen/o

spleen

lien/o

spleen

tonsill/o

tonsil

thym/o

thymus gland

coagul/o

thickening of liquid into a gel or solid, particularly blood

fibr/o

fiber

bubon/o

swollen lymph node(s)