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

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[entrance hall] atrium

Front 7

Bol-

Back 7

combining form

a throwing

Front 8

Capill-

Back 8

combining form

[hair] capillary

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

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flood, flow

Front 17

Pector-

Back 17

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breast, chest

Front 18

Phleb-

Back 18

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vein

Front 19

Pulm(on)-

Back 19

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lung, pulmonary artery

Front 20

Rhythm-

Back 20

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[steady motion] heartbeat

Front 21

Sept-

Back 21

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wall, partition

Front 22

Sin-

Sinus-

Back 22

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[curve, hollow] sinus

Front 23

sinistr-

Back 23

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left (side)

Front 24

Sphygm-

Back 24

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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

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place

Front 29

Vag-

Back 29

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[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 deferent

Front 32

Ven-

Back 32

combining form

vein

Front 33

Ventr-

Back 33

combining form

belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity

Front 34

Symbol of American Medical Association

Back 34

snake around a staff because Asclepius, son of Apollo used it to bring the dead back to life. He was the ultimate healer, greater than Apollo.

Front 35

Systole

Back 35

period of contraction of the heart when blood is sent through the aorta and pulmonary artery

Front 36

Diastole

Back 36

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

Front 37

Sphygomanometer

Back 37

inflatable cloth cuff that takes blood pressure

Front 38

Mitral Valve

Back 38

lies between the left atrium and left ventricle and allows passage of blood from the atrium into the ventricle, its a one way valve

Front 39

Mitral Regurgitation

Back 39

mitral defect that causes the back flowing of blood

Front 40

Facies Mitralis

Back 40

facial apparence of a person afflicted with mitral malfunction

Front 41

Embolus

Back 41

type of thrombus formed by clotted blood or from a portion of a cardiac tumor or from any fibrous matter

Front 42

Causes of coronary artery disease

Back 42

thrombus, embolus, atherosclerosis which causes the narrowing or closing of the coronary arteries

Front 43

Aneurysm

Back 43

local distention of the wall of a blood vessel, usually an artery, and often an aorta

Front 44

Apoplexy

Back 44

stroke, caused by intracerebral hemorrhage or my thrombosis, embolism, or reduction or loss of blood supply to the brain

Front 45

Ballistics

Back 45

science of projectiles

Front 46

Embolism

Back 46

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

Front 47

Metabolism

Back 47

sum of the processed of anabolism

Front 48

Anabolism

Back 48

process by which the blood supplies the material for growth and repair of tissues

Front 49

Catabolism

Back 49

proces by which complex compounds are reduced to simpler ones

Front 50

Diabolic

Back 50

devilish