Combining Form Meanings
What is the word part that means vessel
angi/o
vas/o
Define CAD
Coronary Artery Disease
This disease is heart pain or other discomfort felt in the chest, shoulders, arms, jaw, or neck, caused by insufficient blood and oxygen to the heart
Angina
This test is an evaluation of the heart vessels and valves via the injection of dye that shows up under radiology
Cardiac Cateterization
What is the combining form in the term: hematemesis
hemat/o
What is the word part that means aorta?
aort/o
Define DVT
Deep vein thrombosis
This disease is a soft blowing sound caused by turbulent blood flow in a vessel
Bruit
This test is used with a treadmill that can show if the blood supply is reduced in the arteries that supply the heart.
Stress Test
What is the prefix in the term: intravenous
This is the term that means vein.
phleb/o
ven/o
Define CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
This disease is a blowing or swishing sound in the heart due to turbulent blood flow or backflow through a leaky valve.
Murmur
This is a portable device worn by a patient during normal activity that records heart rhythms for 24-48 hours.
Holter Monitor
What is the suffix in the term: vasohypotonic
-ic
Give a term that means blood.
hem/o
hemat/o
Define PVC
Premature Ventricular Contraction
This disease is blood pressure that is consistently higher than 140 systolic, 90 diastolic, or both
Hypertension
This is a creation and study of graphic records of electric currents originating in the heart.
ECG or EKG
What is the combining form in the term: cardiorrhaphy
cardi/o
Give the two terms that means valve
valv/o
vascul/o
Define MI and what it means.
Myocardial infarction, which is a heart attack
This disease is undissolved matter floating in blood or lymph fluid that may cause an occlusion and infarction.
Emobolus
This is a delivery of an electric shock with the goal of ending ventricular fibrillation and restoring NSR.
Defibrillation
Define the term electroneurolysis.
Destruction of electrical nerves