Primary Root Words Related to the Cardiovascular System Flashcards

ang/I, angi/o, vas/o

vessel

angin

to choke

arter

artery

arteri/o

artery

ather/o

fatty substance or deposit

capillus

hairlike

card

heart

card/I, cardi/o

heart

infarct

infarct (necrosis of an area)

lipid

fat

logos

study

man/ o

thin

my/ o

muscle

phleb

vein

phleb/o

vein

pulmonar

lung

cubitum

elbow, forearm

cyte

cell

derm

skin

diastol/ o

dilating

electr/ o

electricity

embol

to cast, to throw

erg/ o

work

erythr/ o

red

hem/ o

blood

rrhyth

rhythm

scler

hardening

sera

serum

sphygm/ o

pulse

steth/ o

chest

systol/ o

contracting

tens

tension

thromb

clot

ven/ i

vein