Word Parts
CARDI/O
What combining form means heart?
aorta
What is the largest of the arteries?
cardiomegaly
What term means abnormal enlargement of the heart?
angiography
What procedures is a radiographic study of blood vessels?
cardiorrhexis
What term means rupture of the heart?
ARTERI/O
erythrocytes
What term means red blood cells?
aneurysm
What term means a balloon-like enlargement of an artery?
valvuloplasty
palpitation
What term means a pounding, racing heart?
LEUK/O
What combining form means white?
endocardium
What term means the lining of the heart?
myocardial infarction
What is the term for heart attack?
coronary bypass
What procedure improves the blood supply to the heart muscle?
CHF
What is congestive heart failure?
-RRHAGE
What suffix means bursting forth or abnormal bleeding?
venae cavae
What large veins return blood to the heart?
phlebitis
What term means inflammation of a vein?
defibrillation
What procedure uses electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm?
hemostasis
What term means to control bleeding?
PHLEB/O
atria
What are the upper chambers of the heart?
embolus
What is the foreign object circulating in the blood?
electrocardiography
What test measures electrical activity of the myocardium?
endocarditis
What is inflammation of the heart lining or valves of the heart due to a bacterial infection?