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Anatomy and Physiology
Prefixes
Suffixes
Word Roots
Illnesses
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Aortic Valve is the valve that connects the left ventricle to the aorta
What is the function of the Aortic valve?
100
Prefix word meaning high or excessive.
What does hyper mean?
100
An instrument for viewing.
What does scope mean?
100
Root word meaning vessel.
What does angi/o mean?
100
A abnormally fast heartbeat.
What is tachycardia?
200
The inner surface of the heart is called the endocardium.
What is the endocardium?
200
Prefix word meaning around, surrounding.
What does peri mean?
200
Suffix word meaning dialation.
What does the ectasis mean?
200
Root word meaning electrical.
What does electr/o mean?
200
A illness that causes elevated cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoproteins in the blood.
What is hyperlipidemia?
300
The heart muscle which includes nerves and blood vessels.
What is the myocardium?
300
Prefix word that means abnormally fast.
What does the word tachy mean?
300
Suffix word meaning narrowing of.
What does stenosis mean?
300
Root word that means clot.
What is thromb/o?
300
An illness that causes hardening and narrowing of the arteries.
What is atherosclerosis?
400
The valve that connects the left atrium to the left ventricle.
What is the function of the mitral or bicupsid valve?
400
Prefix word that means abnormally slow.
What does the word brady mean?
400
Suffix word meaning written record.
What does the word gram mean?
400
Root word meaning crown, encircling.
What is coron/o?
400
Illness where you have abnormally low red blood cell count.
What is anemia?
500
The vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
What is the function of the pulmonary artery?
500
Prefix word that means within.
What does endo mean?
500
Suffix word meaning blood.
What does anemia mean?
500
The root word that means heart.
What is cardi/o?
500
Arrhythmia
What is an illness that causes an irregular heartbeat?