Cardiovascular System

cord/o, cardi/o

heart

valv/o, valvul/o

valve

cuspid/o

point

mitr/o

mitral

chord/o

cord, tension

lun/o

moon

cresc/o

increasing, crescent

atri/o

atrium

ventricul/o

ventricle

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

osti/o

orifice, opening

vas/o, vascul/o. angi/o

vessel

arteri/o, arteriol/o

artery

phleb/o, ven/o

vein

venul/o

venule

capillar/o

capillary

arc/o

arch, a curved structure, a bow

ram/o

ramus, branch, branchlike

furc/o, furcat/o

a forking, splitting

plex/o

plexus, to plait, interweave

ret/o

net, network

lumin/o

light, lumen

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 beating 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, -phor, -phore, -phoresis

to bear, convey

lat/o

to bear, convey

sanguin/o

blood

hem/o, hemat/o, -emia

blood

plasm/o, -plasm

fluid portion of blood

plast/o, -plast, -plasia

formed, molded

ser/o

fluid left over after blood clotting, 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, nut, kernel

kary/o

center of cell, nut, kernel

neutr/o

neutral, neither

bas/o, basi/o

base, foundation, step, a walking

eosin/o

red dyes used in histology

eos/o, eo-

dawn, early, morning red

phil/o, -phil, -phile

attraction , love

lymph/o, lymphat/o

lymph, water

nod/o

node, 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 solid or gel

fibr/o

fiber

bubon/o

swollen lymph nodes

crit/o, -crit

separate, decide

cras/o, -crasia

mixture, temperament

micr/o

small

macr/o

large, long

anis/o

unequal

poikil/o

irregular, varied, mottled

acanth/o

thorn, spine, spiny

echin/o

spiny

ple/o, plei/o, pli/o

more, increased

tox/o

poison, bow and arrow