Chapter 5: Cardiovascular system
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What are two vessels connected to the heart?
Vessels (red on diagram) and veins (color blue)
Veins
Carries blood towards the heart
Arteries
Carries blood away from the heart
angi/o
vessel
How many chambers does the heart contain?
4 chambers
Two upper chambers (atria)
Two lower chambers (ventricles)
angi/o
vessel
aort/o
aorta
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
ather/o
fatty substance
atri/o
atrium
cardi/o
heart
coron/o
heart
embol/o
plug
fibrin/o
fibers
isch/o
to hold back
myocardi/o
heart muscle
phleb/o
vein
sept/o
wall
son/o
sound
sphygm/o
pulse
steth/o
chest
thromb/o
clot
valv/o
valve
valvul/o
valve
varic/o
dilated vein
vascul/o
blood vessel
vas/o
vessel
ven/o
vein
ventricul/o
ventricle
venul/o
venule
-cardia
heart condition
-manometer
instrument to measure pressure
-ole
small
-pressor
to press down
-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
-tension
pressure
-tonic
pertaining to tone
-ule
small
di-
two
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
bi/o
life
copor/o
body
cutane/o
skin
duct/o
to bring, to lead
electr/o
electricity
embol/o
plug
hem/o
blood
lip/o
fat
my/o
muscle
orth/o
straight
pector/o
chest
peripher/o
away from center
phleb/o
vein
pulmon/o
lung
scler/o
hard
sphygm/o
pulse
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
surgical removal
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ic
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lytic
destruction
-manometer
instrument to measure pressure
-megaly
enlarged
-ole
small
-oma
mass
-ose
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-pathy
disease
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhexis
rupture
-pressor
to press down
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for viewing
-stenosis
narrowing
-tension
pressure
-therapy
treatment
-tic
pertaining to
-ule
small
a-
without
anti-
against
Brady-
slow
de-
without
endo-
inner
extra-
outside of
hyper-
excessive
hypo-
insufficient
inter-
between
intra-
within
per-
through
peri-
around