Combining Forms
Word Meanings
Prefixes
Cardiovascular System Terms
Skeletal System Terms
100

Cardi/o 

What is the heart?

100

Cardiomyopathy

What is a disease of the heart muscles? 

100

Super

What is above?

100

Ischemia 

What is a deficiency in blood supply to an area? 

100

Arthritis 

What is inflammation of the joints? 

200
Ovari/o

What is Ovaries? 

200

Hypertension 

What is high pressure?

200

Meta

What is beyond?

200

Veins 

What is blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart? 

200

Tendons

What is bands of fibrous connective tissue that connect bone to muscle? 

300

Kinesi/o

What is Kinesiology? 

300

Bradycardia

What is a slow heart rate?

300

Pan 

What is all or everywhere?

300

Septum 

What is a separating wall?

300

Synarthroses

What is immovable?

400

Arter/i

What is Arteries?

400

Panleukopenia 

What is a deficiency in all white blood cells?

400

Infra

What is within?

400

Coronary occlusion 

What is blockage of the coronary vessels? 

400

Meniscus 

What is curved cartilage that is present in some joints?

500

Capn/o

What is Carbon dioxide?

500

Cardiohydropneumatosis 

What is the condition of water and air around the heart?

500

Ecto

What is outside?

500

Thromboembolism

What is an obstruction of blood vessels by a dislodged blood clot? 

500

Ossification

What is the formation of bone from fibrous tissue?

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