GENERAL ANATOMY
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Question
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ather/o
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vascul/o
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coagul/o
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constrict/o
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Detailed explanation-1: -a combining form with the meanings “blood clot, ” “coagulation, ” “thrombin, ” used in the formation of compound words: thrombocyte.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The combining form coagul/o is used to describe clotting. Coagulation is the proess of a liquid changing to a solid or semi-solid state. It medicine this is seem when blood clots are formed as the blood coagulates.
Detailed explanation-3: -caud/o. Prefix denoting tail, or hind/posterior part of the body. Related terms include caudal anesthesia and caudal canal.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many words would be difficult to pronounce if written without a vowel to join the word roots. When you take a word root and add a vowel it becomes a combining form. This vowel is usually an ―o‖, and it is called a combining vowel.
Detailed explanation-5: -The combining form that means clumping is. agglutin/o. The combining form that means base is. bas/o. The combining form that means clotting is.