1
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
2
Q
vas/o
A
vessel, vas deferens, duct
3
Q
vascul/o
A
vessel
4
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
5
Q
arter/o
A
artery
6
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
7
Q
arteriol/o
A
arteriole, “little artery”
8
Q
ven/o
A
vein
9
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
10
Q
venul/o
A
venule, “little vein”
11
Q
capillar/o
A
capillary, tiniest blood vessels
12
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
13
Q
coron/o
A
heart
14
Q
atri/o
A
atrium, upper heart chamber (plural: atria)
15
Q
ventricul/o
A
ventricle, lower heart chamber
16
Q
valv/o
A
valve
17
Q
valvul/o
A
valve
18
Q
athero/o
A
atheroma, fatty yellowish substance, like porridge
19
Q
cholesterol/o
A
cholesterol - a lipid
20
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
21
Q
electr/o
A
electricity, electrical activity
22
Q
sphygm/o
A
pulse
23
Q
furc/o
A
forking, branching
24
Q
aneurysm/o
A
aneurysm
25
thromb/o
clot
26
embol/o
embolism, plug
27
ather/o
fatty plaque
28
brachi/o
arm
29
cyan/o
blue
30
haemangi/o
blood vessel
31
isch/o
to hold back
32
man/o
pressure
33
my/o
muscle
34
myos/o
muscle
35
necr/o
death
36
pector/o
chest
37
pulm/o
lungs
38
pulmon/o
lungs
39
scler/o
sclera, hardening
40
sept/o
septum
41
steth/o
chest
42
varic/o
swollen, twisten vein
43
ven/i
vein
Unit 9 - Cardiovascular system
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