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Med. Term
Question | Answer |
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angi/o | vessels |
aort/o | aorta |
ather/o | yellow plaque |
Brady- | slow |
cadi/o | heart |
-crasia | weak |
-emia | condition of blood |
erythr/o | red |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
leuk/o | white |
thromb/o | blood clot |
ven/o | vein |
heart | muscular pump |
pericardium | sac around heart |
epicardium | inner most layer of the pericardium, outer surface of the heart |
myocardium | muscular pump of the heart |
endocardium | inner most layer of the heart |
coronary arteries | supply blood to the heart |
atria | upper chambers of the heart |
ventricles | lower chambers of the heart |
tricuspid vavle | lies between right atrium and ventricle |
pulmonary vavle | located at the base of pulmonary trunk allows blood to leave left ventricle and prevent back flow |
mitral valve | prevents backflow into left atrium from ventricles |
aortic vavle | allows blood to leave left ventricle as it contracts |
pulmonary circulation | circulation of the blood through heart and lungs |
phleb/o | vein |
tachy- | fast |
systemic circulation | circulation of the blood through the rest of the body |
pulmonary veins | carries newly oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart |
pulmonary arteries | leads to lungs |