Medical Terminology in Cardiovascular System for Nursing Students
Explore the combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes related to the cardiovascular system, along with common terminology and definitions. Enhance your understanding of medical terms to communicate effectively in the healthcare field.
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Nursing Department Lec: Nursing Department Lec:3 3 Medical Terminology Cardiovascular System terms Assistant Instructor: MSc. Kareem J. Dhaidan
Cardiovascular Combining Forms angi/o aort/o arteri/o ather/o atri/o cardi/o vessel aorta artery fatty substance atrium heart
Cont., coron/o heart hemangi/o blood vessel phleb/o vein sphygm/o steth/o chest thromb/o pulse clot
Prefix change: Myocarditis = muscle layer of heart inflamed Pericarditis = outer layer of heart inflamed Endocarditis= inner layer of heart inflamed 4
DiurSuffix change: Cardiologist = a physician specializing in the heart Cardiomyopathy= damage to heart muscle layer Cardiomegaly = enlargement of the heart Manometer = instrument to measure pressure Tension = pressure 5
Review it is = inflammation tonsillitis, appendicitis . osis = abnormal condition cyanosis (of blueness, due to cold or low oxygen) ectomy otomy temporary opening) ostomy opening in colon) a/an = without, none anemia (literally no blood but means few red cells) = to cut out (remove) appendectomy, tonsillectomy . = to cut into tracheotomy (to cut into the windpipe, = to make a mouth colostomy (to make a permanent
micro = small colostomy above?) Macro mega/ -megaly intestine) scopy/ -scopic graphy/ -graph breasts) gram = the image (X-ray) microstomia (abnormally small mouth, see stomy in = large macrostomia (abnormally large mouth) = enlarged megacolon (abnormally large colon = large = to look, observe colonoscopy (look into colon) = recording an image mammography (imaging the mammogram
