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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
04/05/2008

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Cards

Term
organs of the Cardiovascular system
Definition

blood vessels

arteries

capillaries

veins

heart

Term

combining forms

angi/o

Definition

vessel

Term
aort/o
Definition
aorta
Term
arteri/o
Definition
artery
Term
ather/o
Definition
artery
Term
ather/o
Definition

fatty substance

Term
atri/o
Definition
atrium
Term
cardi/o
Definition
heart
Term
coron/o
Definition
heart
Term
cyan/o
Definition
blue
Term
hemangi/o
Definition
blood vessel
Term
ox/i
Definition
oxygen
Term
ox/o
Definition
oxygen
Term
pericardi/o
Definition
pericardium
Term
phleb/o
Definition
vein
Term

sphygm/o

Definition
pulse
Term
steth/o
Definition
chest
Term
thromb/o
Definition
clot
Term
valv/o
Definition

valve

 

Term
valvul/o
Definition

valve

Term
ven/o
Definition
vein
Term
ventricul/o
Definition
ventricle
Term

prefixes

brady--

Definition
slow
Term
tachy--
Definition

fast

tachycardia

Term

suffixes

--manometer

Definition

instrument to measure pressure

example, sphygmomanometer

Term
--ole
Definition

smal

examples, arteriole

Term
--tension
Definition

pressure

example, hypotension

Term
-ule
Definition

small

example, venule

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