Cardiovascular System Terms

Widening blood vessel

• Aneurysm/o

• Varic/o

• Angi/o

• Embol/o

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Vein

• phleb/o, my/o

• ven/o, vascul/o

• angi/o, phleb/o

• ven/o, phleb/o

Tachy-

• Slow

• Rapid

• Around

• Vessel

Heart

• Corn/o

• Heart/o

• Cardi/o

• Aort/o

Pulse

• Steth/o

• Thromb/o

• Phleb/o

• Sphygm/o

Inflammation of fatty plaque

• Angiosarcitis

• Atheritis

• Phlebitis

• Atherosis

Thromb/o

• pulse

• plug

• clot

• muscle

Blood

• Hem/o, Hemat/o

• Hem/o, Hemol/o

• Vascul/o, hem/o

• Vascul/o, hemol/o

-phylaxis

• Protection

• Wall

• Insufficient

• Formation, production

To hold back; block

• Embol/o

• Thromb/o

• Isch/o

• Scler/o