CARDIOVASCULAR AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

 The circulatory system is an organ system that passes nutrients (such as amino acids, electrolytes and lymph), gases, hormones, blood cells, etc. to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases and help stabilize body temperature and pH to maintain homeostasis.

 The heart has four chambers:  Right and left atria  Right and left Ventricles

COMBINING FORMS MEANINGEXAMPLES Angi/ovesselangioplasty Aort/oaortaAortic stenosis Arteri/oarteryarteriosclerosis Arteriol/oarteriolearteriolitis Cardi/oheartcardiomyopathy Venul/ovenulevenulitis Ven/oveinintravenous Phleb/oveinphlebotomy Coron/oheartCoronary arteries

 Aneurysm  Angina  Arrhythmia  Atherosclesis  Congestive heart failure  Hypertension  Myocardial infarction  Shock

 Angiography  Cardiac catheterization  Cardiac enzyme tests  Echocardiography  Holter monitoring:  Lipid tests  Lipoprotein tests: measurement of HDL AND LDL

 Cardioversion  Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)  Endarterectomy  Heart transplantation  Thrombolytic therapy

 ACS  AMI  BP  CAD  CHF  ECG  ECHO  HTN