Cardiology combining forms

venul

venule. smallest veins. received blood from capillaries, takes blood to larger veins.

angi/o

vessel. refers to which type of vessel, either blood or lymphatic. artery, vein, or capillary.

arteri/o

Artery. carries blood away from heart and toward capillary bed. arteries to lung carry deoxygenated blood and arteries to body carry oxygenated blood.

aort/o

aorta. largest blood vessel in body. carries oxygenated blood from left ventricle to body.

arteriol/o

arteriole (small artery). carries blood from artery to capillary bed.

atri/o

atrium. upper chambers of heart. retrieve blood returning to heart. left atrium receives blood from lung, right atrium receives blood from body.

vas/o, vascul/o

blood vessel

steth/o

chest

thromb/o

clot. blood clot forming in blood vessel

varic/o

dilated vein. most common in superficial leg veins . caused by blood pooling due to ineffective veins pregnancy and occupation requiring long periods of standing

-sclerosis

hardening. blood vessel hardened and inflexible, due to plaques along vessel wall.

coron/o

heart

cardi/o

heart. composed of cardiac muscle tissue, contracts to push blood through blood vessels, divided into left and right halves by septum, upper chambers are atria and lower are ventricles,

pulmon/o

lung

ather/o

plaque, fatty substance. build up along inner wall of blood vessels.

embol/o

plug, embolus. mass floats through vessels: mass of fat, bacteria, broken off piece from clot. plugs up a smaller blood vessel: cuts off circulation

sphygm/o

pulse

son/o

sound

isch/o

to hold back. stoppage of blood flow.

valvul/o

valve

valv/o

valve. flap like structures close tightly to prevent backflow of blood, insures that blood only flows toward. four valves in heart, also found in veins.

ven/o

vein

phleb/o

vein. carries blood toward heart. received blood from capillary bed. vein from lungs carry oxygenated blood and veins from body carry deoxygenated blood

ventricul/o

ventricle. lower larger heart chambers. more muscular. generates force to pump blood. left ventricular lumps blood to body, right ventricle pumps blood to lungs.