Cardiovascular System

Vein

• phleb/o, my/o

• ven/o, vascul/o

• angi/o, phleb/o

• ven/o, phleb/o

Define the word root for Heart and its Function:

Inflammation of fatty plaque

• Angiosarcitis

• Atheritis

• Phlebitis

• Atherosis

Define Tachycardia and the normal range of the adult heart rate

Thromb/o

• pulse

• plug

• clot

• muscle

Blood

• Hem/o, Hemat/o

• Hem/o, Hemol/o

• Vascul/o, hem/o

• Vascul/o, hemol/o

Narrowing, stricture of the heart ventricles

• Vasculophyaxis

• Ventriculostenosis

• Varicocentesis

• Ventriculovaricitis

Structure (sac like) around the heart

What is the largest artery in the body?

• Vena Cava

• Aorta

• Capillaries

• Jugular

Endocarditis