Word Parts
This combining form means "heart"
What is cardi/o
This vessel is the largest artery in the body
What is aorta
This term means an abnormal enlargement of the heart
What is cardiomegaly
abnormal increase in number of white blood cells in the blood
What is leukemia
This term means slow
-brady
This combining form means "artery"
What is arteri/o
This is the medical term for a red blood cell
What is erythrocyte
This term means a balloon-like enlargement of an artery
What is aneurysm
The word part -lytic means
This fatty substance builds up on the walls of arteries and can decrease blood flow
What is cholesterol
This combining form means "white"
What is leuk/o
This term refers to the inner lining of the heart
What is endocardium
This is the medical terminology for a heart attack due to tissue death.
What is myocardial infarction
This diagnostic technique records the hearts electrial activity
What is an electrocardiography (EKG)
This term means to control bleeding
What is hemostasis
This suffix means "hardening"
What is -sclerosis
These are the upper chambers of the heart
What are the atria
This term refers to inflammation of a vein
What is phlebitis
This device uses electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm
What is an AED
This term means blood infection
What is sepsis
This combining form means "vein"
What is phleb/o or ven/o
These vessels are the largest veins in the body and return blood to the heart
What are the superior and inferior vena cava
This term refers to a solid, liquid, or gaseous mass circulating in the blood
What is embolus
This tem means irregular and useless contractions of the ventricles
What is ventridcular fibrillation
**Daily Double** This procedure is the surgical repair of a heart valve
*Daily Double*
**What is a valvuloplasty