Structures
the three main structures of the cardiovascular system
What are the heart, blood vessels, and blood
heart
What is cardi?
heart
What is cardi/o or card/o?
upon
What is epi-?
carry blood away from the heart
What is an artery?
the double-walled membranous sac that encloses the heart
What is is the pericardium?
blood vessels
What is vascul?
blood vessels
What is arteri/o and vas/o?
pertaining to
What is -ar?
smallest veins
What is a venule?
the external layer of the heart and inner layer of the pericardium
What is the epicardium?
hold back (oxygenated blood)
What is isch?
arteries
What is arteri/o?
small branches of arteries
What is an arteriole?
the middle and thickest layer of the heart
What is is the myocardium?
ventricle
What is ventricul?
major arteries that carry blood upward to the head
What are the carotid arteries?
the inner lining of the heart consisting of epithelial tissue
What is the endocardium?
plaque
What is ather?
veins
What is phleb/o and ven/o?
pertaining to the inner portion of an artery or within an artery
What is endoarterial?