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cardiovascular and nervous system
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07/17/2025
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Term

angi/o

 

 Definition
 Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
Term

aort/o

 

 Definition
Aorta
Term

arteri/o

 

 Definition
Artery
Term

ather/o

 

 Definition
 Fatty plaque
Term

capillar/o

 

 Definition
Capillaries (the smallest blood vessels)
Term

cardi/o

 

 Definition
heart
Term

chrom/o,

chromat/o

 

 Definition
Color
Term

erythr/o

 

 Definition
Red
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hem/o,

hemat/o

 

 Definition
Blood
Term

isch/o

 

 Definition
 Restriction, deficiency
Term

leuk/o

 

 Definition
white
Term

my/o

 

 Definition
muscle
Term

phleb/o

 

 Definition
vein
Term

scler/o

 

 Definition
hardening
Term

sten/o

 

 Definition
Narrowing
Term

thromb/o

 

 Definition
Clot
Term

valvul/o

 

 Definition
valve
Term

vas/o

 

 Definition
vessel
Term

ven/o

 

 Definition
vein
Term

alges/o

 

 Definition
Sensitivity to pain
Term

cephal/o

 

 Definition
head
Term

cerebr/o

 

 Definition

brain, 

cerebrum
Term

cerebell/o

 

 Definition
Cerebellum (part of the brain)
Term

concuss/o

 

 Definition
To shake violently
Term

crani/o

 

 Definition
Skull
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dur/o

 

 Definition
Dura mater (outermost layer of the meninges)
Term

encephal/o

 

 Definition
brain
Term

esthesi/o

 

 Definition

sensation,

feeling
Term

gangli/o, ganglion/o

 

 Definition
ganglion
Term

hydr/o

 

 Definition

water,

fluid
Term

lob/o

 

 Definition
lobe
Term

ment/o

 

 Definition
Meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
Term

mon/o

 

 Definition

one,

single
Term

myel/o

 

 Definition

spinal cord, 

bone marrow
Term

neur/o,

neur/i

 

 Definition
nerve
Term

phas/o

 

 Definition
speech
Term

poli/o

 

 Definition

gray matter

(of the brain or spinal cord)
Term

pont/o

 

 Definition

pons

(a part of the brainstem)
Term

psych/o

 

 Definition
mind
Term

radic/o,

radicul/o,

rhiz/o

 

 Definition
nerve root
Term

vag/o

 

 Definition
Vagus nerve (a cranial nerve)
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