Combining forms
angi/o
What is the vessel?
orch/o
What is the testis?
The abbreviation for this is CABG
What is : Coronary artery bypass grafting?
(surgical placement of vessels, either vein or artery, to detour blocked coronary arteries)
fibrillation and flutter are examples of
What is arrhythmia?
Inflammation of the arterioles
What is arteriolitis?
phleb/o
What is the vein?
oophor/o
What is the ovary?
The abbreviation for this is AMI
What is a acute myocardial infarction, heart attack, cardiac arrest?
paleness of the skin, weak and rapid pulse with shallow breathing are signs of
What is Shock?
inflammation of the venule
What is venulitis?
arteriol/o
What is the arteriole?
examination of the sigmoid colon
What is Sigmoidoscopy?
The abbreviation for this is CAD
What is Coronary Artery Disease?
An area of dead tissue is
What is an infarct?
Within a Vein
What is intravenous?
venul/o
What is the venule?
cholecyst/o
what is the gallbladder?
The abbreviation for this is PCI
What is Percutaneous coronary intervention?(placement of a catheter and stent in a coronary artery to open the artery; balloon angioplasty)
pect/o pain caused by decreased blood flow to the heart muscle
What is Angina or Angina Pectoris?
hardening of the artery walls
What is arteriosclerosis?
aort/o
What is the aorta?
surgical procedure in which an opening is created between the stomach and the proximal loop of the jejunum.
What is gastrojejunostomy?
The abbreviation for this is HDL
What is High Density Lipoprotien?
What causes pulmonary edema
What is Congestive Heart Failure?
narrowing of the aortic valve opening
What is aortic stenosis?