Cadiac System word Parts

CORD/O

Heart

CARDI/O

Heart

VALV/O

Valve

VALVUL/O

Valvule

CUSPID/O

Cuspid, point

MITR/O

Mitral valve

CHORD/O

Cord, tendon

LUN/O

Moon

CRESC/O or CRET/O

Increasing, grow, crescent

ATRI/O

Atrium (a chamber of the heart), a central room

VENTRICUL/O

Ventricle, a small cavity

SEPT/O

A wall dividing two cavities

PARIET/O

Wall

VISCER/O

Organ

CORON/O

Coronary vessels, a circular structure, crown

AORT/O

Aorta

CAROTID/O

Carotid

JUGUL/O

Jugular vein, throat

PULM/O or PULMON/O

Lung

SAPHEN/O

Saphenous vein

PORT/O

Gate, entrance (Port of entry of a vessel or nerve into an organ)

OSTI/O

Orifice, opening

VAS/O

Vessel

VASCUL/O

Vessel (a 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, a curved structure, a bow

RAM/O

Ramus (a branching of vessels), branch, branchlike

FURC/O or FURCAT/O

A forking, splitting

PLEX/O

Plexus (an interwoven network of vessels or nerves), to plait, interweave

RET/O

Net, network

LUMIN/O

Light, lumen (the open space between walls of a vessel)

SPHYGM/O or ‐SPHYGMIA

Pulse

RHYTHM/O

Rhythm

SYSTOL/O

Contraction

DIASTOL/O

Expansion

TACHY‐ or TACH/O

Quick, rapid

BRADY‐

Slow

STETH/O

Chest

TENS/O

Stretch

DILAT/O

Expand

‐ECTASIA and ‐ECTASIS

Dilated, expanded

STRICT/O or STRING/O

To narrow, bind, compress

SPASM/O or SPASMOD/O

Convulsion, spasm

FIBRILL/O

Fibril, fiber, *quivering of the heart

PALPIT/O

Sensation of rapid beating of the heart

ANGIN/O

Angina pectoris, choking

ATHER/O

Fatty plaque

SCLER/O

Hard

ISCH/O

Hold back

COARCT/O or COARCTAT/O

To confine

VARIC/O

A swollen, tortuous vein

ANEURYSM/O

Abnormal widening of a vessel

EURY‐

Wide

CLUS/O or CLAUD/O

Shut, closed off

CLAUDIC/O

Limping

PHOR/O or ‐PHOR or ‐PHORE or

‐PHORESIS

LAT/O

To bear, convey

SANGUIN/O

Blood

HEM/O or HEMAT/O or ‐EMIA

Blood

PLASM/O or ‐PLASM

Fluid portion of blood (plasma), something formed or shaped

PLAST/O or ‐PLAST or ‐PLASIA

formed, molded forming cell or organelle condition of formation, growth

SER/O

Fluid left over after blood clotting (blood serum), a watery fluid

‐POIESIS

To make, produce

BLAST/O or ‐BLAST

Embryonic cell, formative cell or layer, bud or shoot

CYT/O or ‐CYTE

Cell

THROMB/O

A clot

ERYTHR/O

Red, red blood cell

LEUK/O or LEUC/O

White, white blood cell

RETICUL/O

Net, network

GRANUL/O

Granule, small grain

CORPUSCUL/O

Corpuscle, small mass or body

GLOB/O or GLOBUL/O

Ball, sphere

MORPH/O

Shape, form

NUCLE/O

Center of cell (nucleus), nut, kernel

KARY/O

Center of cell (nucleus), nut, kernel

NEUTR/O

Neutral, neither

BAS/O

Base, foundation, step, a walking

EOSIN/O

Red dyes used in histology (Eosine)

EOS/O or EO‐

Dawn, early, morning red

PHIL/O or -PHIL or ‐PHILE

Attraction, love

LYMPH/O or LYMPHAT/O

Lymph, water

NOD/O

Node (lymph), swollen, knot‐like

ADEN/O

Gland

SPLEN/O

Spleen

LIEN/O

Spleen

TONSILL/O

Tonsil

THYM/O

Thymus gland

COAGUL/O

Thickening of liquid into a gel or solid, particularly blood

FIBR/O

Fiber

BUBON/O

Swollen lymph node(s)

CRIT/O or ‐CRIT

Separate, decide

CRAS/O or

Mixture, temperament

MICR/O

Small

MACR/O

Long, large