Word Parts
Strat/i
Layer
Two lower chambers of the heart
Ventricles
Macro
Large
Largest artery in the body
Aorta
Dextro
Right side
Steat/o
Fat
Brings blood from head and upper chest
Superior Vena cava
Otomy
Cut out or remove
Brings blood from below heart
Inferior Vena cava
Stomy
Surgical opening
Myo
Muscle
Pulmonary artery
Carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs
Ectomy
To remove
Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Pulmonary vein
Ostomy
Opening
Peri
Around
Bicuspid valve
Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Circum
Around
Abnormal sound of back flowing blood
Heart murmur
Desis
Surgical binding
Endo
Within
Coronary arteries
Supply oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium
Sinistro
Left, left side
Neutrophils
Common type of phagocyte, can attack bacteria
Meso
Middle