Structures
the three main structures of the cardiovascular system
What are the heart, blood vessels, and blood
abnormally slow heartbeat
What is bradycardia?
heart
What is cardi/o or card/o?
upon
What is epi-?
carry blood away from the heart
What is an artery?
the double-walled membranous sac that encloses the heart
What is is the pericardium?
abnormally rapid heartbeat
What is tachycardia?
blood vessels
What is arteri/o and vas/o?
pertaining to
What is -ar?
smallest veins
What is a venule?
the external layer of the heart and inner layer of the pericardium
What is the epicardium?
episodes of severe chest pain
what is angina?
arteries
What is arteri/o?
within
What is endo-?
small branches of arteries
What is an arteriole?
the middle and thickest layer of the heart
What is is the myocardium?
abnormal heart rhythm
What is arrhythmia?
blood
What is hem/o and hemat/o?
deficiency
What is -penia?
major arteries that carry blood upward to the head
What are the carotid arteries?
the inner lining of the heart consisting of epithelial tissue
What is the endocardium?
sudden cessation of the heartbeat
What is cardiac arrest?
veins
What is phleb/o and ven/o?
abnormal condition
What is -osis?
pertaining to the inner portion of an artery or within an artery
What is endoarterial?