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Cardi/o- heart Vascul/o- blood vessel Circulat/o- movement in a circular route Atri/o- upper heart chamber Ventricul/o- lower heart chamber Sept/o- dividing wall Valvul/o valve Tri- three Pulmon/o- lung Aort/o- aorta My/o- muscle Endo- within, innermost Peri- around Epi- upon, above Viscer/o- large internal organ Pariet/o- wall of cavity Thorac/o- chest (thorax) Mediastin/o- mediastinum Arteri/o- artery Ven/o- vein Capill/o- hairlike stucture -ole small thing -ule small thing Vas/o- blood vessel Sub- below, underneath Clav/o- clavicle Axill/o- armpit Brachi/o- arm Abdomen/o- abdomen Poplite/o- back of the knee System/o- the body as a whole Conduct/o- carrying, conveying Systol/o- contracting Diastol/o- dilating Ectop/o- out of place Fract/o- break up Angi/o- blood vessel, lymphatic vessel Constrict/o- drawn together, narrowed Dilat/o- dilate; widen Phleb/o- vein Isch/o- keep back, block -emia condition of the blood -megaly enlargement -pathy disease Infarct/o- area of dead tissue Necr/o- dead cells, tissue or body Congest/o- accumulation of fluid Hyper- above, more than normal -trophy process of development Peripher/o- outer aspects -itis inflammation of, infection of Regurgitat/o- flow backward Tetr/a- four -logy study of Vegetat/o- growth Sten/o- narrowness, constriction a- away from, without rrhythm/o- rhythm dys- painful, difficult brady- slow tachy- fast extra- outside of supra- above palpit/o- to throb dissect/o- to cut apart aneurysm/o- dilation sclera/o- hard ather/o- fatty substance, soft -oma tumor, mass Lipid/o- fat Tens/o- pressure, tension Hyper- above, more than normal Hypo- below, deficient Orth/o- straight Per- through Thromb/o- thrombus (blood clot) Varic/o- varix, varicose vein Catheter/o- catheter Electr/o- electricity -graphy process of recording -gram a record or picture Physi/o- physical function Ech/o- sound wave Trans- across, through Ultra- beyond, higher Son/o- sound Auscult/o- listening Steth/o- chest -scope instrument -ectomy surgical excision Anastom/o- create an opening -plasty surgical repair -centesis procedure to puncture Xen/o- foreign -graft tissue for implant Valv/o- valve Anti- against Coagul/o- clotting