Lesson 10 Cardiovascular System

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:
fatty deposit

Front 6

atri

Back 6

combining form:
atrium

Front 7

bol

Back 7

combining form:
a throwing

Front 8

capill

Back 8

combining form:
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

combining form:
flood, flow

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:
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:
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

amylase

Back 34

A class of enzymes that split or hydrolyze starch.

Front 35

amylolysis

Back 35

Hydrolysis of starch into sugar in the process of digestion.

Front 36

anginoid

Back 36

Resembling angina, esp. angina pectoris.

Front 37

aortoclasia

Back 37

Aortic rupture.

Front 38

arctation

Back 38

Stricture of any canal opening.

Front 39

atheroma

Back 39

Fatty degeneration or thickening of the walls of the larger arteries occurring in atherosclerosis.

Front 40

atheronecrosis

Back 40

Necrosis or degeneration accompanying arteriosclerosis.

Front 41

atriotome

Back 41

A surgical instrument used to open the cardiac atrium.

Front 42

capillarectasia

Back 42

Distention of capillary vessels.

Front 43

cirsomphalos

Back 43

Varicose veins around the navel.

Front 44

cirsotome

Back 44

An instrument for cutting varicose veins.

Front 45

coliform

Back 45

1. Sieve form; cribriform.
2. A general term applied to some species of the family Enterobacteriaceae, including Escherichia coli, Enterobacter, and Klebsiella species.

Front 46

corona dentis

Back 46

The crown of a tooth.

Front 47

coroner

Back 47

An official (originally, English crown officer) who investigates and holds inquests concerning death from unknown or violent causes.

Front 48

cusp

Back 48

1. A rounded or cone-shaped point on the crown of a tooth.
2. One of the leaflike divisions or parts of the valves of the heart.

Front 49

dextrocardia

Back 49

The condition of having the heart on the right side of the body.

Front 50

ectopia cordis

Back 50

A malposition of the heart in which it lies outside the thoracic cavity.

Front 51

endaortitis

Back 51

Inflammation of the inner layer of the aorta.

Front 52

entopic

Back 52

Normally situated; in a normal place.
Opposite of ectopic.

Front 53

expectoration

Back 53

1. The act or process of spitting out saliva or coughing up materials from the air passageways leading to the lungs.
2. The expulsion of mucus or phlegm from the throat or lungs.

Front 54

extravasation

Back 54

The escape of fluid from its physiologic contained space, e.g., bile, blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), into the surrounding tissue.

Front 55

formation

Back 55

1. A structure, shape, or figure.
2. The giving of form or shape to, or the development of, a structure.

Front 56

hypertension

Back 56

In adults, a condition in which the blood pressure (BP) is higher than 140 mm Hg systolic or 90 mm Hg diastolic on three separate readings recorded several weeks apart.

Front 57

hypotensive

Back 57

1. Characterized by or causing low blood pressure.
2. An agent that lowers blood pressure.

Front 58

nasoseptitis

Back 58

Inflammation of the nasal septum.

Front 59

nonseptate

Back 59

Having no dividing walls.

Front 60

occlude

Back 60

To close up, obstruct, or join together, as bringing the biting surfaces of opposing teeth together.

Front 61

pectorophony

Back 61

The distinct transmission of vocal sounds during auscultation of the chest with a stethoscope.

Front 62

phlebectopia

Back 62

Abnormal position of a vein.

Front 63

phlebomyomatosis

Back 63

Thickening of the tissue of a vein from an overgrowth of muscular fibers.

Front 64

pulmometry

Back 64

Determination of capacity of the lungs.

Front 65

regurgitant

Back 65

Throwing back or flowing in a direction opposite to normal.

Front 66

sinistrocerebral

Back 66

Located in the left cerebral hemisphere.

Front 67

sinogram

Back 67

A radiograph of a sinus tract filled with a radiopaque contrast medium to determine the range and course of the tract.

Front 68

systole

Back 68

Contraction of the chambers of the heart.

Front 69

tachyarrhythmia

Back 69

Any cardiac rhythm disturbance in which the heart rate exceeds 100 beats per minute (bpm

Front 70

tensiometer

Back 70

1. A device for determining the surface tension of liquids.
2. A device used to measure the amount of force a muscle can produce.

Front 71

thrombectomy

Back 71

Surgical removal of a thrombus.

Front 72

thromboclasis

Back 72

The breaking up of a thrombus.

Front 73

topagnosis

Back 73

Loss of the ability to localize the site of tactile sensations.

Front 74

toponarcosis

Back 74

The pharmacological inhibition of nerve impulses in a body part. It is typically used to facilitate treatment of a small lesion or laceration or to perform minor surgery.

Front 75

vagotropism

Back 75

Affinity for the vagus nerve, as a drug.

Front 76

vagus

Back 76

A slow pulse resulting from parasympathetic influence on heart rate, mediated by the vagus nerve.

Front 77

varices

Back 77

Pl. of varix.

Front 78

vascular

Back 78

Pert. to or composed of blood vessels.

Front 79

vasectomy

Back 79

Removal of all or a segment of the vas deferens.

Front 80

vasovagal

Back 80

Pert. to the action of the vagus nerve on blood vessels.

Front 81

venostasis

Back 81

The trapping of blood in an extremity by compression of veins, a method sometimes employed for reducing the amount of blood being returned to the heart.

Front 82

ventricle

Back 82

1. A small cavity.
2. Either of two lower chambers of the heart that, when filled with blood, contract to propel it into the arteries.
The right ventricle forces blood into the pulmonary artery and thence into the lungs; the left pumps blood into the aorta and then to the rest of the body.
3. Any of the cavities of the brain filled with cerebrospinal fluid.

Front 83

ventroscopy

Back 83

Examination of the abdominal cavity by illumination.