Chapter 5 - The Cardiovascular System
Terms
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- CARDI/O
- heart
- EPI-
- upper
- MY/O
- muscle
- ENDO-
- within
- ATRI/O
- atrium
- VENTRICUL/O
- ventricle
- VALV/O, VALVUL/O
- valve
- ANGI/O, VAS/O
- relating to the blood or lymph vessels
- ARTERI/O
- artery
- CORON/O
- crown or coronary
- VEN/O, PHLEB/O
- vein
- HEM/O, HEMATO/O
- blood or relating to the blood
- SER/O
- serum
- FIBRIN/O
- fibrin or threads of a clot
- PRO-
- before or in behalf of
- THROMB/O
- clot
- ERYTHR/O
- red
- -CYTE
- cell
- RETICUL/O
- network
- MACR/O
- large
- -PHAGE
- a cell that destroys by eating or engulfing
- LEUK/O
- white
- PHAG/O
- eating, swallowing
- ECH/O
- sound
- ATHER/O
- plaque or fatty substance
- ISCH/O
- to hold back
- FIBRILL/O
- muscular twitching
- BRADY-
- slow
- TACHY-
- fast, rapid
- ANEURYSM/O
- aneurysm
- -SPASM
- sudden involuntary contraction
- PER-
- through
- -FUSION
- to pour
- -CRASIA
- a mixture or blending
- -OMA
- tumor or neoplasm
- ALBUMIN/O
- albumin or protein
- LIP/O
- fat
- BILIRUBIN/O
- bilirubin
- -PENIA
- a deficiency of
- AN-
- without or less than
- -EMIA
- blood or blood condition
- -STASIS
- stopping or controlling
- ANTI-
- against