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42 cardiovascular and nervous system word roots
42 cardiovascular and nervous system word roots
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Undergraduate 1
05/12/2025
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Term
Cardio-
 Definition
Heart
Term
Vascul-
 Definition
blood vessel
Term
Angi-
 Definition
Blood vessel
Term
Arteri-
 Definition
Artery
Term
Phleb-
 Definition

 

Vein
Term
Sanguin-
 Definition
Blood
Term
Hem-
 Definition
Blood
Term
Sarc-
 Definition
Flesh, muscle
Term
Pneum-
 Definition
Lung, air
Term
Pulm-
 Definition
Lung
Term
Thorac-
 Definition
Chest
Term
Pleur-
 Definition
Ribs, side of the chest
Term
Diaphragm
 Definition
To divide, partition, wall
Term
Neur-
 Definition
Nerve
Term
Gangli-
 Definition
Knot, Swelling, swelling of a nerve
Term
Cephal-
 Definition
Head
Term
Encephal-
 Definition
Brain
Term
Crani-
 Definition
Skull
Term
Cerebr-
 Definition
Brain
Term
Cerebello-
 Definition
Cerebellum
Term
Dendr-
 Definition
Branch, tree
Term
Myel-
 Definition
Spinal cord, marrow
Term
Radic-
 Definition
root,branch
Term
Gloss-
 Definition
tongue
Term
Pharyng
 Definition
Pharynx, throat
Term
Vestibul
 Definition
Entrance, lobby
Term
Hemi-
 Definition
Half
Term
Di-
 Definition
Two, Double
Term
Tri-
 Definition
Three
Term
Quadri-
 Definition
Four
Term
Aorta-
 Definition
Main artery leaving the heart
Term
Atri-
 Definition
Atrium, chamber of the heart
Term
Plex-
 Definition
Woven, Network
Term
Laryng-
 Definition
Larynx, voice box
Term
Steth-
 Definition
Chest
Term
Rachi-
 Definition
Spine, vertebral column
Term
Spinal-
 Definition
Spinal cord, of the backbone
Term
Amygdal-
 Definition
Almond, part of the brain
Term
Hippocamp-
 Definition
Part of the brain involved in memory
Term
Thalam-
 Definition
Part of the brain involved in sensory relay
Term
Myo-
 Definition
Muscle
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