Lesson 10 Cardiovascular System

Front 1

aeortic regurgitation

Back 1

the aeortic valve prevents the blood from flowing back into the ventricle

Front 2

coronary arteries

Back 2

supply blood to the muscle of the heart

Front 3

myocardial infarction

Back 3

loss of living heart muscle as a result of coronary artery occlusion

Front 4

amyl-

Back 4

combining form

starch

Front 5

angin-

Back 5

combining form

choking pain, angina pectoris

Front 6

aort-

Back 6

combining form

aorta

Front 7

arct(at)-

Back 7

combining form

compress

Front 8

ather-

Back 8

combining form

[soupy] fatty deposit

Front 9

atri-

Back 9

combining form

(entrance hall) atrium

Front 10

bol-

Back 10

combining form

a throwing

Front 11

capill

Back 11

combining form

[hair] capillary

Front 12

cirs-

Back 12

combining form

dilated and twisted vein, varix

Front 13

-clud-, -clus-

Back 13

combining form

close

Front 14

cor-, cord-

Back 14

combining form

heart

Front 15

coron-

Back 15

combining form

crown

Front 16

cusp-, -cuspid

Back 16

combining form

point

Front 17

dextr-

Back 17

combining form

right (side)

Front 18

-form

Back 18

combining form

shape

Front 19

gurgit-, gurgitat-

Back 19

combining form

flood, flow

Front 20

pector-

Back 20

combining form

breast, chest

Front 21

phleb-

Back 21

combining form

vein

Front 22

puml(on)-

Back 22

combining form

lung, pulmonary artery

Front 23

rhythm-

Back 23

combining form

[steady motion] heartbeat

Front 24

sept-

Back 24

combining form

wall, portion

Front 25

sin-, sinus-

Back 25

combining form

[curve, hollow] sinus

Front 26

sinister-

Back 26

combining form

left side

Front 27

sphygm-

Back 27

combining form

pulse

Front 28

stal-, stol-

Back 28

combining form

send, contraction

Front 29

tens(i)-

Back 29

combining form

stretch

Front 30

thromb-

Back 30

combining form

blood clot

Front 31

top-

Back 31

combining form

place

Front 32

vag-

Back 32

combining form

[wandering] the vagus nerve

Front 33

varic-, varix

Back 33

combining form

dilated and twisted vein, varix

Front 34

vas-

Back 34

combining form

[blood] vessel, vas deferens

Front 35

ven-

Back 35

combining form

vein

Front 36

ventr-

Back 36

combining form

belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity

Front 37

systole and diastole

Back 37

from greek stellien (send)

Front 38

systole

Back 38

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

Front 39

diastole

Back 39

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

Front 40

sphygmonomanometer

Back 40

blood pressure cuff

Front 41

mitral valve

Back 41

valve of the heart that lies between the left atrium and the left ventricle that allows passage of blood from the atrium into the ventricle

Front 42

mitral regurgitation

Back 42

a backflowing of the blood

Front 43

facies mitralis

Back 43

the facial appearance of someone afflicted with mitral malfunction; distended capillaries and cyanosis

Front 44

artherosclerosis

Back 44

coronary artery disease results from this

Front 45

embolus

Back 45

formed from clotted blood and a form of thrombus

Front 46

aneurysm

Back 46

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

Front 47

apoplexy

Back 47

stroke caused by intracerebral hemorrhage, often from an aneurysm

Front 48

ballistics

Back 48

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