Word Parts
What suffix form means heart?
Cardi/o
What is the largest of the arteries?
Aorta
What term means abnormal enlargement of of the heart?
Cardiomegaly
What combing form means artery?
Arteri/o
What term means red blood cells?
Erythrocytes
What term means a balloon-like enlargement of an artery?
Aneurysm
What combining form means white?
Leuk/o
What term means the lining of the heart?
Endocardium
What term is also known as a heart attack?
Myocardial infraction
Combing form means vein?
Phleb/o
What large veins return blood to the heart?
Vanae cavae
What term means inflammation of a vein?
Phlebitis
Suffix means bursting forth?
-Rrhage
What are the upper chambers of the heart?
Atria
What is a foreign object circulating in the blood?
Embolus