Combining Forms
Cardi/o
What is heart?
Veins
What are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart?
What is tricuspid valve?
Hemostasis
What is the stopping of blood flow?
HR
Ventricul/o
What is ventricles?
Capillaries
Left atrioventricular valve
What is the mitral or bicuspid valve?
Transfusion
What is the act of transferring donated blood, blood products, or other fluid into the circulatory system?
EKG
Atri/o
What is atrium?
Blood vessels
What are arteries (blood vessels) that carry blood away from the heart?
Atria
What are the superior chambers of the heart?
Stent
What is a tubular support placed temporarily inside a blood vessel?
CHF
Valv/o
What is valves?
Parietal Layer
What lines the walls of the occupied space or cavity?
Ventricles
What are the inferior chambers of the heart?
Angioplasty
What is the surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel?
CPR
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
Tensi/o
What is tension?
Perkinje Fibers
What are fibers that carry impulses through ventricular muscle, causing ventricles to contract?
Tension
What is exerted by blood on arterial walls?
Electrocardiogram
What is the record of electrical activity of the myocardium?
CRT