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10 Cardiovascular System – Blood Vessels and Blood
10 Cardiovascular System – Blood Vessels and Blood
Topic: Cardiovascular System – Blood Vessels and Blood
Text Reference: Chapter 10. Cardiovascular System – Blood Vessels and Blood
Objectives: Students should be able to…
Identify meanings of key word components of the cardiovascular system
Prefixes
a- (absence of, without)
pan- (all, total)
epi- (on, upon, over)
inter- (between)
peri- (surrounding, around)
endo- (within, in)
hypo- (below, deficient)
hyper- (above, excessive)
poly- (many, much)
Combining Forms
angi/o (vessel, blood vessel)
aort/o (aorta)
arteri/o (artery)
ather/o (fatty plaque)
chrom/o (color)
coagul/o (clotting)
cyt/o (cell)
eosin/o (red, dawn, rosy)
erythr/o (red)
hemat/o (blood)
hem/o (blood)
is/o (same, equal)
isch/o (deficiency, blockage)
lymph/o (lymph, lymph tissue)
lymphaden/o (lymph node, lymph tissue)
leuk/o (white)
myel/o (bone marrow, spinal cord)
mon/o (one, single)
neutr/o (neutral; neither base nor acid)
phag/o (eat, swallow)
phleb/o (vein)
plasm/o (plasma)
poikil/o (varied, irregular)
therm/o (heat)
thromb/o (clot)
thym/o (thymus gland)
splen/o (spleen)
ven/o (vein)
Suffixes
-ac (pertaining to)
-apheresis (removal)
-ar (pertaining to)
-blast (immature cell, embryonic)
-centesis (surgical puncture to aspirate fluid)
-cytosis (abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells))
-ectomy (excision, surgical removal)
-emia (in the blood)
-genic (producing, originating, causing)
-globin (protein)
-gram (record, radiographic image)
-graph (instrument used to record)
-graphy (process of recording, radiographic imaging)
-ia (condition of, diseased state, abnormal state)
-ic (pertaining to)
-itis (inflammation)
-logist (specialist who studies and treats)
-logy (specialty)
-lysis (loosening, dissolution, separating)
-megaly (enlarged, enlargement)
-logist (specialist, physician who studies and treats)
-oid (resembling)
-oma (tumor)
-osis (abnormal condition)
-ous (pertaining to)
-pathy (disease)
-penia (abnormal reduction in number)
-pexy (surgical fixation, suspension)
-phage (eat, swallow)
-plasty (surgical repair)
-poiesis (formation)
-sclerosis (hardening)
-stenosis (narrowing, constriction)
-scope (instrument used to view)
-scopy (process of viewing)
-stasis (stop, stopping, controlling)
-stenosis (narrowing, constriction)
-tomy (cut into, incision)
Apply the rules of medical language to pronounce, break into word parts, and define the following terms.
Label each word part by using the following abbreviations:
P = Prefix
WR = Word Root
CV = Combining Vowel
S = Suffix
CF = Combining Form
Example: osteoarthropathy (ä-stē-ō-är-THROP-ă-thē) – disease of bone and joint
WR CV WR CV S
oste / o / arthr / o /pathy
CF CF
Practice pronouncing and defining these medical terms that are not easily broken into word parts.
anaphylaxis (an-ă-fĭ-LAK-sĭs)
anemia (ă-NĒ-mē-ă)
immunodeficiency (im-yŭ-nō-dĕ-FISH-ĕn-sē)
ischemia (is-KĒ-mē-ă)
phlebotomist (flĕ-BŎT-ō-mĭst)
sepsis (SEP-sĭs)
serum (SĒR-ŭm)
Practice pronouncing and defining these comm