arter/o, arteri/o
artery
ather/o
fatty substance
atri/o
atrium
brady/
slow
cardi/o
heart
coron/o
heart
pericardi/o
pericardium
rhythm/o
rhythm
sphygm/o
pulse
steth/o
chest
tachy/
rapid
vas/o
vessel
vascul/o
vessel
ven/o, ven/i
vein
ventricul/o
ventricle
agglutin/o
clumping
blast/o
primitive cell
coagul/o
clot
cyt/o
cell
erythr/o
red
granul/o
granules
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
leuk/o
white
phag/o
eat, swallow
thromb/o
clot
anastomoses
A cross-connection between adjacent channels, tubes, fibers, or other parts of a network. A connection made surgically between adjacent blood vessels, parts of the intestine, or other channels of the body, or the operation in which this is constructed.
arrhythmia
A condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm.
atria
Each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body; the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.
auricles
Another term for atrium (of the heart).
Strictly, a small muscular appendage of each atrium.
diastole
The phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood.
intercalated
Inserted between others
ischemia
An inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body, especially the heart muscles.
mitral
Denoting or relating to the mitral valve.
proprioceptors
A sensory receptor that receives stimuli from within the body, especially one that responds to position and movement.
Purkinje
Any of numerous nerve cells that occupy the middle layer of the cerebellar cortex and are characterized by a large globe-shaped body with massive dendrites directed outward and a single slender axon directed inward�called also Purkinje neuron.
sphygmomanometer
An instrument for measuring blood pressure
systole
The phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries.
tachycardia
An abnormally rapid heart rate.
tamponade
Compression of the heart by an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac. The surgical use of a plug of absorbent material.