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Cardiovascular System – Heart
Cardiovascular System – Heart
Learning Objectives
- Identify the anatomy and describe the main functions of the heart
- Analyze, translate, and define medical terms and common abbreviations of the heart
- Practice the spelling and pronunciation of heart terminology
- Identify the medical specialties associated with the heart and explore common diseases, disorders, and diagnostic tests and procedures
Key Word Components
Identify meanings of key word components of the cardiovascular system – heart:
Prefixes
- a- (absence of, without)
- bi- (two)
- brady- (slow)
- dys- (bad, abnormal, painful, difficult)
- endo- (within, in)
- epi- (on, upon, over)
- hypo- (below, deficient)
- hyper- (above, excessive)
- inter- (between)
- pan- (all, total)
- peri- (surrounding, around)
- poly- (excessive, over, many)
- tachy- (fast, rapid)
- tri- (three)
Combining Forms
- angi/o (vessel)
- ather/o (yellowish, fatty plaque)
- arteri/o (artery)
- atri/o (atrium)
- cardi/o/ (heart)
- coron/o (crown or circle, heart)
- ech/o (sound)
- electr/o (electricity)
- isch/o (deficiency, blockage)
- my/o (muscle)
- myos/o (muscle)
- symptomat/o (symptom)
- thromb/o (clot)
- valv/o (valve)
- valvul/o (valve)
- vas/o (vessel)
- ven/o (vein)
- ventricul/o (ventricle)
Suffixes
- -ac (pertaining to)
- -ade (process of)
- -al (pertaining to)
- -apheresis (removal)
- -ar (pertaining to)
- -centesis (surgical puncture to aspirate fluid)
- -dynia (pain)
- -ectomy (excision, surgical removal)
- -emia (condition of blood)
- -genic (producing, originating, causing)
- -gia (pain)
- -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)
- -ion (process)
- -itis (inflammation)
- -lysis (loosening, dissolution, separating)
- -megaly (enlarged, enlargement)
- -logist (specialist, physician who studies and treats)
- -oma (tumor)
- -osis (abnormal condition)
- -ous (pertaining to)
- -pathy (disease)
- -penia (abnormal reduction in number)
- -pexy (surgical fixation, suspension)
- -plasty (surgical repair)
- -poiesis (formation)
- -sclerosis (hardening)
- -scope (instrument used to view)
- -scopy (process of viewing)
- -stasis (stop, stopping, controlling)
- -stenosis (narrowing, constriction)
- -tomy (cut into, incision)
Cardiovascular System – Heart Words
Cardiovascular System – Heart Medical Terms (Text Version)
Practice the following cardiovascular system – heart medical terms by breaking into word parts and pronouncing.
- endocarditis
- end/o/card/itis
- Inflammation of the inner (lining) of the heart
- echocardiogram
- ech/o/cardi/o/gram
- a record (using) sound of the heart
- bradycardia
- brady/card/ia
- condition of slow heart (rate)
- electrocardiograph
- electr/o/cardi/o/graph
- instrument used to record the electrical (activity) of the heart
- tachycardia
- tachy/card/ia
- condition of fast/rapid heart (rate)
- pericardiocentesis
- peri/card