HSC3537 Module 5 Cardiovascular System

angi/o

vessel

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

ateriole

ather/o

fatty substance

atri/o

atrium

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

heart

corpor/o

body

cutane/o

skin

duct/o

to lead

electr/o

electricity

embol/o

plug

esophag/o

esophagus

fibrin/o

fibers

hem/o

blood

isch/o

to hold back

lip/o

fat

my/o

muscle

myocardi/o

heart muscle

orth/o

straight

pector/o

chest

peripher/o

away from center

phleb/o

vein

pulmon/o

lung

scler/o

hard

sept/o

a wall

son/o

sound

sphygm/o

pulse

steth/o

chest

tele/o

distant

thromb/o

clot

valv/o

valve

valvul/o

valve

varic/o

dilated vein

vas/o

vessel

vascul/o

blood vessel

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle

venul/o

venule

-cardia

heart condition

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-manometer

instrument to measure pressure

-megaly

enlarged

-metry

process of measuring

-ole

small

-oma

mass

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-pressor

to press down

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument for viewing

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-stenosis

narrowing

-tension

pressure

-therapy

treatment

-tonic

pertaining to tone

-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

poly-

many

pre-

before

re-

again

tachy-

fast

tetra-

four

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond

angiogram

record of a vessel

angiitis

inflammation of a vessel

angiostenosis

narrowing of a vessel

angiospasm

involuntary muscle contraction of a vessel

arterial

pertaining to an artery

arteriole

the smallest of the arteries

arteriorrhexis

ruptured artery

atherectomy

surgical removal of fatty substances

atrial

pertaining to the atrium

interatrial

pertaining to between the atria

bradycardia

condition of slow heart

cardiomegaly

enlarged heart

hypotension

decrease in blood pressure

tachycardia

condition of fast heart