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1
Q

cardi/o-

A

heart

2
Q

pulmon/o-

A

lung

3
Q

thorac/o-

A

chest

4
Q

vascul/o-

A

blood vessel

5
Q

circulat/o-

A

movement in a circular route

6
Q

mediastin/o-

A

mediastinum

7
Q

system/o-

A

the body as a whole

8
Q

valvul/o-

A

valve

9
Q

aort/o-

A

aorta

10
Q

atri/o-

A

atrium (upper heart chamber)

11
Q

card/i-

A

heart

12
Q

sept/o-

A

septum (dividing wall)

13
Q

apic/o-

A

apex (tip)

14
Q

mitr/o-

A

structure like a miter (tall hat with two points)

15
Q

cusp/o-

A

projection; point

16
Q

my/o-

A

muscle

17
Q

viscer/o-

A

large internal organs

18
Q

pariet/o-

A

wall of a cavity

19
Q

valv/o-

A

valve

20
Q

ventricul/o-

A

ventricle (lower heart chamber; chamber int he brain)

21
Q

conduct/o-

A

carrying; conveying

22
Q

polar/o-

A

positive or negative state

23
Q

diastole/o-

A

dilating

24
Q

ectop/o-

A

outside of a place

25
Q

fract/o-

A

break up

26
Q

sin/o-

A

hollow cavity; channel

27
Q

systole/o-

A

contracting

28
Q

abdomin/o-

A

abdomen

29
Q

arteriol/o-

A

arteriole

30
Q

arteri/o-

A

artery

31
Q

arter/o-

A

artery

32
Q

axill/o-

A

axilla (armpit)

33
Q

angi/o-

A

blood vessel; lymphatic vessel

34
Q

vas/o-

A

blood vessel; vas deferens

35
Q

brachi/o-

A

arm

36
Q

capill/o-

A

hairlike structure; capillary

37
Q

carot/o-

A

stupor; sleep

38
Q

coron/o-

A

structure that encircles like a crown

39
Q

theli/o-

A

cellular layer

40
Q

femor/o-

A

femur (thigh bone)

41
Q

ili/o-

A

ilium (hip bone)

42
Q

jugul/o-

A

jugular (throat)

43
Q

perone/o-

A

fibula (lower leg bone)

44
Q

poplite/o-

A

back of the knee

45
Q

port/o-

A

point of entry

46
Q

radi/o-

A

radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation

47
Q

ren/o-

A

kidney

48
Q

saphen/o-

A

clearly visible

49
Q

clav/o-

A

clavicle (collar bone)

50
Q

tibi/o-

A

tibia (shin bone)

51
Q

uln/o-

A

ulna (forearm bone)

52
Q

constrict/o-

A

drawn together, narrowed

53
Q

dilat/o

A

dilate; widen

54
Q

ven/o-

A

vein

55
Q

phleb/o-

A

vein

56
Q

ectop/o-

A

outside of a place