Chapter 5: Word Parts

vessel

angi/o

aorta

aort/o

artery

arteri/o

arteriole

arteriol/o

fatty substance

ather/o

atrium

atri/o

heart (x2)

cardi/o, coron/o

plug

embol/o

fibers

fibrin/o

to hold back

isch/o

heart muscle

myocardi/o

vein

phleb/o

wall

sept/o

sound

son/o

pulse

sphygm/o

chest

steth/o

clot

thromb/o

valve (x2)

valv/o, valvul/o

dilated vein

varic/o

blood vessel

vascul/o

vessel

vas/o

vein

ven/o

ventricle

ventricul/o

venule

venul/o

heart condition

-cardia

instrument to measure pressere

-manometer

small

-ole

to press down

-pressor

involuntary muscle contraction

-spasm

pressure

-tension

pertaining to tone

-tonic

small

-ule

two

di-

body

corp/o

skin

cutane/o

to bring

duct/o

plug

embol/o

blood

hem/o

fibers

fibrin/o

heart muscle

myocardi/o

away from center

peripher/o

vein (p)

phleb/o

lung

pulmon/o

hard

scler/o

wall

sept/o

sound

son/o

venule

venul/o

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -ose, -tic

pertaining to

heart condition

-cardia

destruction

-lytic

enlarged

-megaly

mass

-oma

to press down

-pressor

hardening

-sclerosis

instrument for viewing

-scope

involuntary muscle contraction

-spasm

narrowing

-stenosis

pressure

-tension

treatment

-therapy

small (u)

-ule

pertaining to bone

-tonic

without (x2)

a-, de-

inner

endo-

outside of

extra-

insufficient

hypo-

excessive

hyper-

between

inter-

within

intra-

through

per-

around

peri-

many

poly-

fast

tachy-

again

re-

befor

pre-

four

tetra-

across

trans-

beyond

ultra-

pertaining to the aorta

aortic

pertaining to an artery

arterial

pertaining to an arteriole

arteriolar

pertaining to an atrium

atrial

pertaining to the atrium and ventricle

atrioventricular

pertaining to the heart (x2)

cardiac, coronary

pertaining to between the atria

interatrial

pertaining to between the ventricles

interventricular

pertaining to the heart muscle

myocardial

pertaining to a valve

valvular

pertaining to a blood vessel

vascular

pertaining to a vein

venous

pertaining to a ventricle

ventricular

pertaining to a venule

venular

inflammation of a vessel

angitis

involuntary contraction of smooth muscle in a wall of a vessel; narrows the vessel

angiospasm

narrowing of a vessel

angiostenosis

obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that has broken off from a thrombus in another site

embolus

area of necrotic tissue due to loss of blood supply

infarct

local and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to a circulatory obstruction

ischemia

a sound in addition to normal heart sounds; may or may not indicate an abnormality

murmur

sudden drop in blood pressure when standing up suddenly

orthostatic hypotension

pounding, racing heartbeats

palpitations