Ch. 7 Vocabulary - Cardiovascular system, blood, and lymph

cordo, cardio

heart

valvo

valve

valvulo

valvule

cuspido

cuspid, point

mitro

mitral

chordo

cord, tendon

luno

moon

cresco

increasing, crescent

atrio

atrium

ventriculo

ventricle

septo, parieto

septum, wall

viscero

organ

corono, corollo

coronary vessels, crown

aorto

aorta

carotido

carotid

jugulo

jugular vein, throat

pulmo, pulmono

lung

sapheno

saphenous vein

porto

gate, entrance

ostio

orifice, opening

vaso, angio

vessel

vasculo

little vessel

arterio

artery

arteriolo

arteriole

phlebo, veno

vein

venulo

venule

capillaro

capillary

arco

arch

ramo

ramus, branch

furco

fork, splitting

plexo

plexus, weave

reto, reticulo

net, network

lumino

light, lumen

sphygmo

pulse

rhythmo

rhythm

systolo

contraction

diastolo

expansion

tachy, tacho

quick, rapid

brady

slow

stetho

chest

tenso

stretch

dilato, ectasia

expand

stricto

narrow, bind, compress

spasmodo

convulsion, spasm

fibrillo

fibril, fiber

palpito

rapid beating

angino

choking

athero

fatty plaque

sclero

hard

ischo

hold back

coarcto, coarctato

confine

varico

swollen, enlarged vein

aneurysmo

dilation of a vessel

eury

wide

cluso

shut, closed off

claudico

limping

phoro, lato

to bear, convey

sanguino, hemo, hemato

blood

plasmo

plasma, fluid portion of blood

plasto

formed, molded

-plast

forming cell or organelle

sero

fluid left after blood clotting

-poiesis

to make, produce

blasto

embryonic cell

cyto

cell

thrombo

clot

erythro

red

leuko

white

granulo

granule

corpusculo

corpuscle, small body

globo

ball, sphere

morpho

shape, form

nucleo, karyo

center of cell

neutro

neutral, neither

baso

base, foundation

eosino

red dye

eos

dawn

philo

attraction

lympho

lymph, water

nodo

node

adeno

gland

spleno, lieno

spleen

tonsillo

tonsil

thymo

thymus gland

coagulo

thicken

bubono

swollen lymph

crito

separate, decide

craso

mixture, temperament

aniso

unequal

poikilo

irregular, varied, spotted

acantho, echino

spiny

pleo

more, increased

-emia

condition of blood

toxo

poison

septico

sepsis

rrhagia

rupture

rhagado

tear, fissure, cleft

penia

decrease, deficiency

mega

enlargement

staxis

dripping, oozing