med term chapter 5
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- aden(o)
- gland
- adenoid(o)
- adenoids(an enlarged mass of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynax)
- aneurysm(o)
- aneurysm(a sac formed by a local dilation of an artery or vein)
- angi(o)
- vessel
- vas(o)
- vessel
- vascul(o)
- vessel
- aorto(o)
- aorta
- arter(o)
- artery
- arteri(o)
- artery
- arteriol(o)
- arteriole
- ather(o)
- yellowish, fatty plaque
- atri(o)
- atrium
- cancer(o)
- cancer
- carcin(o)
- cancer
- cardi(o)
- heart
- coron(o)
- crown
- ech(o)
- sound
- son(o)
- sound
- endocardi(o)
- endocardium (the membrane lining the inner surface of the heart)
- immun(o)
- immune
- lymph(o)
- lymph, lymphatics(a system of vessels that collects tissue fluids from all parts of the body and returns the fluids to the blood circulation)
- lymphaden(o)
- lymph node
- lymphangi(o)
- lymph vessel
- lymphat(o)
- lymphatics
- mediastin(o)
- mediastinum(a median partition; an area in the middle of the chest that contains the heart and its large vessels, trachea, esophagus, thymus, and the lymph nodes)
- myocardi(o)
- myocardium(the middle and thickest layer of the heart wall, made up of cardiac muscle)
- ox(i)
- oxygen
- pericardi(o)
- pericardium(the sac enclosing the heart and the roots of the great vessels)
- phleb(o)
- vein
- ven(i)
- vein
- ven(o)
- vein
- phot(o)
- light
- pulmon(o)
- lung
- rhythm(o)
- rhythm
- rrythm(o)
- rhythm
- scler(o)
- hard, hardening
- sept(o)
- septum; partition
- sin(o)
- sinus
- splen(o)
- spleen
- steth(o),
- chest
- thorac(o)
- chest
- thym(o)
- thymus(a gland like body in the anterior mediastinal cavity that usually reaches its maximum development during childhood and then undergoes involution)
- tonsill(o)
- tonsil
- valv(o)
- valve
- valvul(o)
- valve
- ventricul(o)
- ventricle(a small cavity or chamber as in the heart or brain)
- venul(o)
- venule (a minute vein)