Word Parts
Anatomy
Pathology
Procedures
Hodge Podge
100
CARDI/O
What is the combining form that means heart?
100
ERYTHROCYTES
What are red blood cells?
100
CARDIOMEGALY
What is the abnormal enlargement of the heart?
100
The surgical repair of a blood vessel.
What is an angioplasty?
100
ANGIOSTENOSIS
What is a term meaning the narrowing of a blood vessel?
200
ARTERI/O
What is the combining form that means artery?
200
Separates left atrium from left ventricle.
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
200
ANEURYSM
What is the term meaning the balloonlike enlargement of an artery?
200
ATHERECTOMY
What is the surgical removal of fatty plaques?
200
A term meaning a pounding or racing heart.
What is a palpitation?
300
LEUK/O
What is the combining form that means white?
300
Carries oxygen poor blood to the lungs.
What are the pulmonary arteries?
300
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
What is a heart attack?
300
What procedure is used to electrically shock the heart back into a normal rhythm?
What is defibrillation?
300
The fatty substance that builds up on the walls of arteries.
What is cholesterol?
400
-CRASIA
What is the suffix that means a mixture or blending?
400
Site of gas exchange between the blood and surrounding tissues.
What are the capillaries?
400
PHLEBITIS
What is the term meaning the inflammation of a vein?
400
A procedure used to test the flow of blood through the coronary arteries on the surface of the heart.
What is a thallium stress test?
400
THROMBOCYTES
What is a platelet?
500
PHLEB/O
What is the combining form that means vein?
500
ENDOCARDIUM
What is a term meaning the lining of the heart?
500
EMBOLISM
What is the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by a foreign object?
500
A test that measures the electrical activity of the myocardium.
What is an electrocardiogram?
500
A medication that slows the clotting process and prevents new clots from forming.
What is an anticoagulant?
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