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Basic Facts About the Heart
Combining Forms: cardi/o and card/o
Primary Function: Pumps blood into the arteries
Examples: cardiomyopathy and carditis
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Basic Facts About Blood Vessels
Combining Forms: angi/o and vas/o and vascul/o
- Primary Function:
- .....Transport blood to and from all areas of the body
- Three general types
: - .....1. Arteries
- .....2. Capillaries
- .....3. Veins
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Basic Facts About Arteries
Combining Form: arteri/o
Primary Function: Transport blood away from the heart to all parts of the body
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Basic Facts About Capillaries
Combining Form: capill/o
Primary Function: Permit the exchange of nutrients and waste products between the blood and the cells.
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Basic Facts About Veins
Combining Forms: phelb/o and ven/o
Primary Function: Return blood from all body parts to the heart
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Basic Facts About Blood
Combining Forms: hem/o and hemat/o
Primary Function: Brings oxygen and nutrients to the cells and carries away waste
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cardi/o or card/o
Combining form meaning heart
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angi/o or vas/o
Combining form meaning blood vessel
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vas/o or angi/o
Combining form meaning blood vessel
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arteri/o
Combining form meaning artery
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capill/o
Combining form meaning capillaries
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phelb/o or ven/o
Combining form meaning vein
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ven/o or phelb/o
Combining form meaning vein
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hem/o or hemat/o
Combining form meaning blood
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vascul/o
Combining form meaning blood vessels
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-ac and -ic and -ar and -ary
Suffix meaning pertaining to
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-ar and -ary and -ac and -ic
Suffix meaning pertaining to
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-ary and -ac and -ic and -ar
Suffix meaning pertaining to
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-ic and -ac and -ar and -ary
Suffix meaning pertaining to
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peri-
Prefix meaning surrounding
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-um and -us
Singular noun ending
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-us and -um
Singular noun ending
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epi-
Prefix meaning upon, above, over
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my/o
Combining form meaning muscle
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end/o
Combining form meaning within
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inter-
Prefix meaning between, among
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ventricul/o
Combining form meaning ventricle (of heart)
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erythr/o
Combining form meaning red
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-cyte
Suffix meaning cell
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cyt/o
Combining form meaning cell
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leuk/o
Combining form meaning white
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lymph/o
Combining form meaning lymph
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thromb/o
Combining form meaning clot
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-ologist
Suffix meaning specialist
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ather/o
Combining form meaning plaque or fatty substance
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-sclerosis
Suffix meaning abnormal hardening
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-oma
Suffix meaning tumor
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-emia
Suffix meaning blood or blood condition
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isch/o
Combining form meaning to hold back
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-megaly
Suffix meaning abnormal enlargement
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-itis
Suffix meaning inflammation
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-pathy
Suffix meaning disease
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valvu/o
Combining form meaning valve
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brady-
Prefix meaning slow, abnormally slow
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-ia
Suffix meaning abnormal condition
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tachy-
Prefix meaning fast, abnormally fast
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-stenosis
Suffix meaning abnormal narrowing
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poly-
Prefix meaning many
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coron/o
Combining form meaning crown
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-osis
Suffix meaning abnormal condition
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Combining form(s) meaning abnormal condition
-ia and -osis
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embol/o
Combining form meaning something inserted
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dys-
Prefix meaning bad or difficult
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-crasia
Suffix meaning a mixture or blending
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chromat/o
Combining form meaning color
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-penia
Suffix meaning deficiency
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hyper-
Prefix meaning excessive
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lipid/o or lip/o
Combining form meaning fat or lipid
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an-
Prefix meaning without or less than
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a-
Prefix meaning without
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plast/o or plas/o or plas/i
Combining form meaning growth, development, formation
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-lytic
Suffix meaning to destroy
Note: Comes from same origin as -lysis
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-graphy
process of recording or making a picture
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-gram
Suffix meaning recording or picture
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echo-
Prefix referring to ultrasound procedure
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electr/o
Combining form meaning electric or electrical
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re-
Prefix meaning again or repeat
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-ectomy
Suffix meaning surgical removal
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-plasty
Suffix meaning surgical repair
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aneurysm
Means aneurysm
- LOOK THIS UP! It's hard to believe it isn't a- or an- plus something
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-rrhaphy
Suffix meaning suturing
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-stasis
Suffix meaning stopping or controlling
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