Lesson 10

Front 1

AMYL-

Back 1

Combining form:
starch

Front 2

ANGIN-

Back 2

Combining form:
choking pain, angina pectoris

Front 3

AORT-

Back 3

Combining form:
aorta

Front 4

ARCT(AT)-

Back 4

Combining form:
compress

Front 5

ATHER-

Back 5

Combining form:
[soup] fatty deposit

Front 6

ATRI-

Back 6

Combining form:
[entrance hall] atrium

Front 7

BOL-

Back 7

Combining form:
a throwing

Front 8

CAPILL-

Back 8

Combining form:
[hair] capilary

Front 9

CIRS-

Back 9

Combining form:
dilated and twisted vein, varix

Front 10

-CLUD-, -CLUS-

Back 10

Combining form:
close

Front 11

COR, CORD-

Back 11

Combining form:
heart

Front 12

CORON-

Back 12

Combining form:
crown

Front 13

CUSP, -CUSPID

Back 13

Combining form:
point

Front 14

DEXTR

Back 14

Combining form:
right (side)

Front 15

-FORM

Back 15

Combining form:
shape

Front 16

GURGIT-, GURGITAT-

Back 16

Combining form:
flow, flood

Front 17

PECTOR-

Back 17

Combining form:
breast, chest

Front 18

PHLEB-

Back 18

Combining form:
vein

Front 19

PULM(ON)-

Back 19

Combining form:
lung, pulmonary artery

Front 20

RHYTHM-

Back 20

Combining form:
[steady motion] heartbeat

Front 21

SEPT-

Back 21

Combining form:
wall, partition

Front 22

SIN-, SINUS-

Back 22

Combining form:
[curve, hollow] sinus

Front 23

SINISTR-

Back 23

Combining form:
left (side)

Front 24

SPHYGM-

Back 24

Combining form:
pulse

Front 25

STAL-, STOL-

Back 25

Combining form:
send, contraction

Front 26

TENS(I)-

Back 26

Combining form:
stretch

Front 27

THROMB-

Back 27

Combining form:
blood clot

Front 28

TOP-

Back 28

Combining form:
place

Front 29

VAG-

Back 29

Combining form:
[wandering] the vagus nerve

Front 30

VARIC-, VARIX

Back 30

Combining form:
dilated and twisted vein, varix

Front 31

VAS-

Back 31

Combining form:
(blood) vessel; vas deferens

Front 32

VEN-

Back 32

Combining form:
vein

Front 33

VENTR-

Back 33

Combining form:
belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity

Front 34

Systole

Back 34

The period of concentration of the heart when the blood is sent through the aorta and the pulmonary artery.

Front 35

Diastole

Back 35

The period of expansion when the heart dilates and the atria and ventricles fill with blood from the vanae cavae and the pulmonary vein.

Front 36

Mitral valve

Back 36

(Of the heart) lies between the left atrium and the left ventricle and allows passage of blood from the atrium into the ventricle.

Front 37

Embolism

Back 37

The blockage of a blood vessel by any mass of non-dissolved matter, a blood clot, or an air bubble

Front 38

Catabolism

Back 38

The process by which complex compounds are reduced to simpler ones, usually accompanied by the release of energy.