Structures
Word Elements
combining forms
Prefixes/Sufixes
Blood Vessels
100

the three main blood vessels of the cardiovascular system.

What are the veins, arteries & capillaries

100
heart
What is cardi?
100

what is the combining form for atrium?

What is atri/o?

100
upon
What is epi-?
100
carry blood away from the heart
What is an artery?
200
the double-walled membranous sac that encloses the heart
What is is the pericardium?
200
blood vessels
What is vascul?
200

blood vessels

What is hemangi/o?

200

small (2 answers)

What is -ole & -ule?

200

what facilitates gas exchange?

What is a capillary?

300
the external layer of the heart and inner layer of the pericardium
What is the epicardium?
300

angi/o?

What is vessel

300

valve (2 answers)

What is valv/o & valvul/o?

300
within
What is endo-?
300

where do we check for pts pulse

What is an radial artery (wrist) & Carotid artery (neck)?

400

the middle and thickest layer of the heart (aka heart muscle)

What is is the myocardium?

400
ventricle
What is ventricul?
400
blood
What is hem/o and hemat/o?
400

pressure

What is -tension?

400

blood enters the heart through 

superior and inferior vena cava

500
the inner lining of the heart consisting of epithelial tissue
What is the endocardium?
500
plaque
What is ather?
500

veins (2 answers)

What is phleb/o and ven/o?

500
abnormal condition
What is -osis?
500

what does the pulmonary artery do?

What is takes blood away from the heart to be oxygenated in the lungs?

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