WORD PARTS
CARDI/O
What combining form means heart?
What is the largest of the arteries?
Cardiomegaly
What term means abnormal enlargement of the heart?
Angiography
What procedure is an x-ray of blood vessels?
Carditis
What term means inflammation of the heart?
ARTERI/O
What combining form means artery?
Erythrocytes
What term means red blood cells?
Aneurysm
What term means a balloon-like enlargement of an artery?
Valvuloplasty
What procedure is the surgical repair of a heart valve?
Palpitation
What term means a pounding, racing heart?
LEUK/O
What combining form means white?
Endocardium
What term means the lining of the heart?
Myocardial Infarction
What term is also known as a heart attack?
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
What procedure involves implanting a piece of vein on the heart?
Cholesterol
What fatty substance builds up on the walls of arteries?
-CRASIA
What suffix means a mixture or blending?
Venae Cavae
What large veins return blood to the heart?
Phlebitis
What term means inflammation of a vein?
Defibrillation
What procedure uses electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm?
Hemostasis
What term means to control bleeding?
PHLEB/O
What combining form means vein?
Atria
What are the upper chambers of the heart?
Embolus
What is a foreign object circulating in the blood?
Electrocardiography
What test measures the electrical activity of the myocardium?
Balloon Angioplasty
What procedure opens a partially blocked artery?