word parts
more terms
cardio roots
heart function
vessels
100

medical term for slow

brady

100

an angiogram is a procedure to investigate what?

plaque or fatty substance in vessels or arteries

100

suffix, blood condition

emia

100

poorly oxygenated blood enters the heart through either of these two vessels

inferior vena cava or superior vena cava

100

chronic condition, heart is unable to pump out all of the blood it receives

congestive heart failure

200

artery in medical terms

arterio

200

medical term for blood

hemo

200

removal of a vein would be called a 

venectomy

200

after blood has gotten oxygen from the lungs, it re enters the heart through what vessels?

pulmonary veins

200

disruption of blood supply

ischemia

300

medical word part for aorta

aorto

300

crasia is...

a mixture or blending

300

thrombo refers to a 

clot

300

abnormal protrusion of a heart valve

valvular prolapse

300

what carries deoxygenated blood from right ventricle to the lungs?

pulmonary arteries

400

medical term for plaque, fatty substance

athero

400

medical root word for heart

cardio

400

If a patient is tachycardic, their heart rate is...

fast

400

iron overload disease

hemochromatosis

400

highest pressure against arterial walls, when ventricles contract

systolic

500

blood vessel or lymph vessel

angio

500

veno refers to a 

vein

500

root word for white

leuko

500

a protein pigment of erythrocytes

hemoglobin

500

most common type of white blood cell

neutrophils