Word Parts
This combining form means "heart"
What is cardi/o?
Example: cardiology; medical specialty of diseases of the heart.
Example: cardiovascular; pertaining to the heart and blood vessels.
Long flat bone forming the center of the anterior wall of the chest
What is the sternum?
This term means an abnormal enlargement of the heart
What is cardiomegaly?
Note: (S)-megaly = enlargement
This is a radiographic study of blood vessels
What is angiography?
Note: (CF) angi/o- = blood vessel, (S) -graphy = process of recording
Lack of oxygen
What is anoxia?
Note: (P) An-=without, (R)-ox-=oxygen, (S)-ia: condition
This combining form means "artery"?
What is arteri/o?
Example: arteriole; small terminal artery leading into the capillary network.
This is on of the two larges veins in the body
What is vena cava?
Note: venae cavae; the two largest veins in the body (superior and inferior)
Circumscribed dilation of an artery or cardiac chamber
What is aneurysm?
Note: term from Greek = dilation. This term means a balloon-like enlargement of an artery
Removal of a tissue to destroy its function
What is ablation?
Note (R) ablat- = take away, (S)-ion = process
Rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat felt by the patient due to agitation, exertion, or illness
What is palpitation?
Note: (R) palpit-=throb, (S)-ation= a process
This combining form means "hardness"
What is scler/o?
Example: arteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries.
This term refers to the connective tissue lining the inside of the heart
What is endocardium?
This is the medical terminology for a heart attack
What is myocardial infarction?
Note: (P) in- = in, (R) -farct- = area of dead tissue, (S) -ion = action, condition
Procedure where healthy blood vessels harvested from the leg, chest or arm are used to bypass (detour) the blood around blocked coronary arteries.
What is coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)?
Riht sided heart failure arising from chronic lung disease
What is cor pulmonale?
Note: cor Latin Heart. (R) pulmon-=lung, (S) -ale=pertaining to
This suffix means "recording"
What is -gram?
Examples: electrocardiogram, venogram, angiogram
Small vein leading from the capillary network
What is a venule?
This term refers to inflammation of a vein with clot formation
What is thrombophlebitis?
Note: (CF) thromb/o- = clot, (R) -phleb- = vein, (S) -itis: inflammation
Type of drugs that affect the rate of rhythmic movements of the heart
What are chronotropic drugs?
Note: (CF) chron/o- = time, (S) -tropic = change
Life threatening condition that occurs from a loss of volume, often due to hemorrhage or dehydration.
What is hypovolemic shock?
Note: (P) Hypo-=below, (R)-vol-=volume, (S)-emic=a condition in the blood.
This combining form means "vein"
What is phleb/o?
Example: phlebotomy; withdrawing blood from a vein through a needle or catheter.
This term refers to the upper chambers of the heart
What is atria?
This term refers to a solid, liquid, or gaseous mass circulating in the blood
What is embolus?
Detached piece of thrombus, mass of bacteria, quantity of air, or foreign body that blocks a blood vessel
This test measures and graphs the electrical activity of the myocardium
What is electrocardiography?
Note (CF) electr/o-, (CF) -cardi/o-, (S) -graphy: process of recording
Failure of the ductus arteriosus to close within 24 hours of birth
What is balloon Patent Ductus Arteriosus?