Combining Forms
This combining form means "heart"
cardi/o
coron/o
This vessel is the largest artery in the body
Aorta
Type of blood in the right side of the heart.
deoxygenated
-pathy
This term refers to "slow"
brady-
This combining form means "artery"
arteri/o
This refers to the lower chambers of the heart
Ventricle
The valve between the left ventricle and aorta.
Aortic valve
This term refers to "surgical repair"
-plasty
This term refers to "above; above normal; excessive"
hyper-
This combining form means "white"
leuk/o
The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
Tricuspid valve
The chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins.
Left atrium
This term refers to "blood condition"
-emia
This term refers to "many; much"
poly-
This combining form means "clot".
thromb/o
These vessels are the largest veins in the body and return blood to the heart
Superior and Inferior Vena Cava
The chamber of the heart that receives blood when the bicuspid valve opens.
This term refers to "process; condition"
-ation
-ism
This term refers to "around; surrounding"
peri-
Word surgery
Break down and define:
transvascular
-ar=pertaining to, trans-=across, vascul/o=blood vessel
Pertaining to across the blood vessel.
This term refers to the blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood away from the heart.
Pulmonary artery
The thickest chamber of the heart.
Left ventricle
Word surgery:
Breakdown and define hypotrophy
-trophy=condition of growth or development, hypo-=below; below normal; deficient
Condition of below normal growth
Condition of below normal development
This term refers to "reflected sound"
echo-