Cardiovascular Combining Forms

combining form that means aorta, largest artery

• arteriol/o

• aort/o

• ven/i, ven/o

• vas/o

arteriole (small artery)

• pulmon/o

• ven/i, ven/o

• vas/o

• arteriol/o

vein

• arteriol/o

• pulmon/o

• cyan/o

• ven/i, ven/o

coagulation, clotting

• coron/o

• sphygm/o

• coagul/o

• vas/o

narrowing

• ather/o

• pulmon/o

• sphygm/o

• constrict/o

heart

• ather/o

• aort/o

• coron/o

• vas/o

blue

• cyan/o

• necr/o

• errhyth/o

• leuk/o

lung

• ven/i, ven/o

• tens/o

• pulmon/o

• vas/o

pulse

• ather/o

• arteriol/o

• systol/o

• sphygm/o

contraction

• pulmon/o

• constrict/o

• systol/o

• tens/o