Cardiovascular System

cord/o

heart

cardi/o

heart

valv/o

valve

valvu/o

valvule

cuspid/o

point

mitr/o

mitral valve

chord/o

cord, tendon

lun/o

moon

cresc/o

cret/o

increasing, grow

atri/o

atrium

ventricul/o

ventricle

sept/o

a wall dividing two cavities

pariet/o

wall

viscer/o

organ

coron/o

coronary vessels, circular, 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

vessel

vascul/o

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

ram/o

ramus, bunching of vessels, branch

furc/o

furcat/o

a forking, splitting

plex/o

plexus, interwoven

ret/o

net, network

lumin/o

lumen (open space between walls of vessel), light