Cardiovascular
To pump blood through blood vessels to all the cells of the body
What is the function of the heart?
aneurysm/o
what is widened blood vessel?
-stenosis
What is narrowing?
Transports excess fluid from interstitial spaces in tissues and returns it to blood and defends the body against foreign invaders and harmful substances.
What is the purpose of the lymphatic system?
phag/o
What is swallowing or eating?
A mass of undissolved matter lodged in a blood vessel
What is an embolus?
ather/o
What is fatty plaque?
-sclerosis
What is abnormal hardening?
Cell that swallows or eats
What is phagocyte?
aden/o
What is gland?
Irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat
What is arrhythmia?
varic/o
What is dilated vein?
-ectomy
What is the surgical removal of?
Enlargement of the spleen
What is splenomegaly?
lymph/o
What is lymph?
Process of recording the electrical activity of the heart
What is electrocardiography?
thromb/o
What is blood clot?
-megaly
What is enlargement?
Specialist in the study of immunity
What is immunologist?
agglutin/o
What is clumping or gluing?
Separation or destruction of a blood clot
What is thrombolysis?
angi/o
What is vessel?
-poiesis
What is formation or production?
The process of cells clumping together
What is agglutination?
lymphangi/o
What is lymph vessel?