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Atherosclerosis:
Ather/O-Root with combining vowel means artery |
Condition of harding of arteries
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Sclerosis:
(osis-co ndition of) (scler-harding) |
Condition of hardening
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Cardiolgy:
cardi/o-heart:root logy-study of:suffix |
Study of the heart
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Electrocardiography:
recording of the electrical activity of the heart. |
electr/o-root/comb vowel-electric
cardi/o-root/comb vowel-heart-gram-suffix-record |
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Hypertension:
high blood pressure |
hyper-preffix-above normal excessive,
tention-root(L)tenso-to stretch |
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Myocardial:pertaining to the muscles of the heart.
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myo-root-muscle
cardio-root-heart al-suffix-pertaining to |
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PERICARDIAL:
around the heart |
peri-prefix-around,about
cardi-heart al-suffix-pertaining to |
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Phlebitis:
Inflammation of the veins |
phleb-root-vein
itis-suffix-inflammation of |
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Subclavian:
below the clavicle |
sub-prefix-under,below
clav-root-clavicle ian-suffix-a conditoin |
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Thombitis:
Inflammation of a clot |
thromb-root-means clot
itis-suffix-inflammation of |
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STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
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HEART:
Two-sided,double pump Weighs less than a pound Little bigger than a fist Located between the lungs in the thoracic cavity. Positioned partially to the left of the sternum. |
