Heart Anatomy
This strong organ uses its four chambers to push blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
medical combining form refers to the heart.
What is cardi/o?
Blood from the aorta flows to...
What is the rest of the body?
These are disorders that affect the aorta, the largest artery in the body.
What is Aortic Disease?
Blood condition
What is -emia?
This vessel transports oxygen‑rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body (other than the pulmonary one)
What are Arteries?
This combining form is used in medical terms relating to blood.
What is blood?
After passing through the pulmonary valve, blood moves into this vessel.
What is the lungs?
An irregular pattern in the heartbeat.
What is Arrythmia?
Inflammation
What is -itis?
These microscopic blood vessels are the sites where tissues receive oxygen and nutrients.
What are Capillaries?
The combining form for vein
What is phleb/o, ven/o, ven/i?
From the right atrium, blood flows next into this chamber.
What is the right ventricle?
A structural problem of the heart that from birth.
What is congenital heart disease?
A Surgical removal
What is -ectomy?
This vessel returns oxygen‑poor blood to the heart and uses valves to stop it from flowing backward.
What are veins?
This combining form can refer to the heart, as well as a crown or circular shape
What is coron/o?
Blood entering through the superior and inferior vena cava flows into this chamber next called the...
What is the right atrium?
A disease of the arteries in the limbs and organs other than the heart or brain.
What is Peripheral Heart Disease?
Pertaining to-
What is -ac
This fluid is made up of plasma, red and white blood cells, and platelets, and it moves essential materials and waste throughout the body.
What is blood?
“This combining form refers to holding back or creating a blockage
What is isch/o?
Blood arriving through the pulmonary veins enters this chamber
What is the Left Atrium?
A condition in which the heart can’t pump enough blood, causing fluid accumulation and difficulty breathing.
What is heart failure?
Study of
What is -logy