From Textbook (Anatomy Vocabulary) - Unit 6: The Circulatory System

abdomin/o

abdomen

angi/o

blood vessel; lymphatic vessel

aort/o

aorta

apic/o

apex; tip

arter/o

artery

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole

atri/o

atrium; chamber that is open at the top

axill/o

armpit

brachi/o

arm

capill/o

capillary; hair-like structure

cardi/o

heart

carot/o

sleep; stupor

circulat/o

movement in a circular route

clav/o

clavicle; collar bone

conduct/o

carrying; conveying

constrict/o

drawn together; narrowed

coron/o

structure that encircles like a crown

cusp/o

point; projection

diastol/o

dilating

dilat/o

dilate; widen

ectop/o

outside

femor/o

femur; thigh bone

fract/o

bend; break up

ili/o

hip bone; ilium

jugul/o

jugular; throat

mediastin/o

mediastinum

mitr/o

structure like a tall hat with two points

my/o

muscle

pariet/o

wall of a cavity

perone/o

fibula; lower leg bone

phleb/o

vein

polar/o

negative state; positive state

poplite/o

back of the knee

port/o

point of entry

pulmon/o

lung

radi/o

forearm bone; radiation; x-rays

ren/o

kidney

saphen/o

clearly visible

sept/o

dividing wall; septum

sin/o

channel; hollow cavity

system/o

body as a whole

systol/o

contracting

theli/o

cellular layer

thorac/o

chest; thorax

tibi/o

shin bone; tibia

uln/o

forearm bone; ulna

valvul/o

valve

vas/o

blood vessel; vas deferens

vascul/o

blood vessel

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

chamber that is filled; ventricle

viscer/o

large internal organs

bi-

two

de-

reversal of; without

endo-

innermost; within

epi-

above; upon

peri-

around

re-

again and again; backward; unable to

sub-

below; underneath

tri-

three

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ature

system composed of

-ian

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-id

origin; resembling; source

-ion

action; condition

-ization

process of creating; process of inserting; process of making

-ole

small thing

-ory

having the function of

-ous

pertaining to

-ule

small thing

-um

period of time; structure