Word Parts
What combining form means heart?
Cardi/o
What is the largest of the arteries?
aorta
What term means abnormal enlargement of the heart?
cardiomegaly
What procedure is a radiographic study of blood vessels?
angiography
What term means abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel?
angiostenosis
What combining form means artery?
arteri/o
What term means red blood cells?
erythrocytes
What term means a balloon-like enlargement of an artery?
aneurysm
What procedure is the surgical repair of a heart valve?
valvuloplasty
What term means a pounding, racing heart?
palpitation
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 infarction or MI
What is it called when the heart stops?
cardiac arrest
What fatty substance builds up on the walls of arteries?
cholesterol
What suffix means a mixture or blending?
-crasia
What large veins return blood to the heart?
vena cava (singular)
venae cavae (pleural)-superior and inferior vena cava
What term means inflammation of a vein?
phlebitis
What procedure uses electrical shock to restore the heart’s normal rhythm?
defibrillation
What term is used to describe a number of blood disorders related to disorders or disfunctions of red blood cells? (Ex: iron deficiency, B-12 deficiency, larger than normal red blood cells)
anemia
What combining form means vein?
phleb/o or ven/o
What are the upper chambers of the heart called?
atria
What is a foreign object circulating in the blood?
embolus
What test measures electrical activity of the myocardium?
electrocardiography
What procedure opens a partially blocked artery (surgical repair)?
angioplasty