Cardiovascular system

angli/o

blood vessel

Vascul/o

vessel

Aort/o

Aorta

Atri/o

atrium

Ather/o

soft

Cardi/o

heart

Coron/o

Coronary artery

Ven/o

vein

Phleb/o

vein

Venul/o

small vein

embo/o

mass

constrict/o

constrict

dilat/o

dilate

scler/o

hardening

sept/o

septum

thromb/o

platelet

valv/o

valve

vas/o

vessel

ventricul/o

ventricle

arteri/o

artery

capill/o

capillary

my/o

muscle

sphygm/o

pulse

stem/o

narrow

tens/o

tension

systol/o

contraction

-cardia

pertaining to the heart

-gram

recording

-graph

instrument for recording

-megaly

enlargement

-ectomy

Sx removal

-version

to turn

-emic

pertaining to blood conditioin

-ia

pertaining to

-graphy

process of recording

-stenosis

tightening

-tension

pressure

-ectasis

dilation

-stasis

stop/control

-ism

process

-sclerosis

hardening

-iac, -ous, -ary

pertaining to

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

endo-

inside

epi-

above

extra-

excessive

peri-

around

trans-

across

ASHD

Arterial sclerotic heart disease

DVT

deep vein thrombosis

CABG

coronary artery bypass graph

EKG

electrocardiogram