Med term chapter 7 and 8 QUIZ study

Angi/o

Vessel

Aort/o

Aorta

Arteri/o

Artery

Ather/o

Yellowish plague, fatty substance

Artheriol/o

Arteriole

Arti/o

Atrium (Upper heart chamber)

Cardi/o

Heart

Coron/o

heart

Embol/o

Plug or “clot”

isch/o

to hold back

phleb/o

vein

sphygm/o

pulse

steth/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

valv/o

value

valvul/o

value

varic/o

dilated vein

vas/o

(blood) vessel

Vascul/o

blood vessel

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle lower chambers of heart

Venul/o

Venule (small veins)

Cutane/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

esphag/o

esophagus

lip/o

fat

my/o

muscle

pulmon/o

lung

son/o

sound

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

production

-gram

a record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-lysis

to destroy

-lytic

destruction

-manometer

instrument for measuring pressure

-megaly

enlarged

-ole

small

-oma

tumor

-ose

pertaining to

-osis

abnormal condition

-otomy

cutting into

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

to suture

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

Instrument for viewing

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-stenosis

narrowing

-tic

pertaining to

-ule

small

a-

without

anti-

against

brady-

slow

echo-

a repeating sound

endo-

within, inner

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below or insufficient

inter-

between

intra-

within

per-

through

peri-

around

poly-

many

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

excess

per/cutane/ous

pertaining to through the skin

Peri/card/itis

Inflammation around the heart

endo/card/itis

Inflammtion within the heart

hyper/trop/ic

pertaining to enlargement or excessive development

Cardi/o/my/o/pathy

disease of the heart muscle

Electr/o/cardi/o/graphy

recording the heart’s electricity.

tom/o/graphy

process of recording cutting.

peri/cardi/o/centsis

Surgical puncture to withdraw fluid from around the heart

bas/o

base

coagul/o

clotting

cyt/o

cell

eosin/o

red, dawn, rosy

erythr/o

red

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

lymph

neutr/o

neutral

thromb/o

clot