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Chabner Ch 11 WC rev
Chabner Ch 11 WWC Chapter Review
Question | Answer |
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aneurysm/o | Local widening (dilation) of an arterial wall. |
angi/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta, largest artery |
arter/o, arteri/o | artery, vessel that carries blood away from heart |
ather/o | yellowish plaque, fatty substance |
atri/o | atrium, upper chamber of heart |
axill/o | armpit |
brachi/o | arm |
cardi/o | heart |
cholesterol/o | cholesterol (a lipid substance) |
coron/o | heart |
cyan/o | blue |
isch/o | hold back |
my/o | muscle |
myx/o | mucus |
ox/o | oxygen (gas) |
pericardi/o | pericardium, (membrane surrounding heart) |
phleb/o | vein |
pulmon/o | lung |
sphygm/o | pulse |
steth/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot |
valv/o | valve |
valvul/o | valve |
vas/o | vessel |
vascul/o | vessel |
ven/o, ven/i | vein (carries blood toward the heart |
ventricul/o | ventricle, lower chamber of heart |
-constriction | narrowing |
-dilation | widening, stretching, expanding |
-emia | blood condition (abnormal) |
-graphy | process of recording |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | measure |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
-tomy | process of cutting |
a-, an- | no, not, without |
brady- | slow |
de- | lack of, down, less, removal of |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
endo- | in, within |
hyper- | above, excessive |
hypo- | below, deficient, under, less than normal |
inter- | between |
peri- | surrounding |
tachy- | fast |
tetra- | four |
tri- | three |