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Chapter 10
cardiovascular system root words
Term | Definition |
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Angi/o , Vas/o | Vessel |
Aort/o | Aorta |
Arteri/o | Artery |
Ather/o | Yellow, fatty plaque |
Atri/o | Atrium |
Cardi/o | Heart |
Cav/o | Hollow,cavity or cave |
Coron/o | Heart, Crown |
Cusp/o | Point |
Duct/o | to lead, carry |
Ech/o | sound wave |
Electr/o | electric; electricity |
Erythr/o | red |
Fibrill/o | small fiber |
Hemat/o | blood |
Interstit/o | spaces within tissues |
Leuk/o | White |
Lip/o | Fat |
Lun/o | Moon |
Man/o | Pressure |
Medi/a; Medi/o | Middle |
My/o | Muscle |
Orth/o | straight |
Ox/o | oxygen |
Pariet/o | Wall |
Pept/o | amino acid |
Phleb/o, Ven/a, Ven/o | Vein |
Pulmon/o; Pneumon/o | Lung |
Scler/o | Hard |
Sin/o | sinus |
son/o | sound |
sphygm/o | pulse |
sten/o | Narrow |
thromb/o | clot |
Throph/o | Nourishment;growth |
tom/o | section;slice |
Vascul/o | Blood Vessel |
Ventricul/o | ventricle |
Viscer/o | internal organs |