Question | Answer |
angi(o) | vessel |
vas(o) | vessel |
vascul(o) | vessel |
aort(o) | aorta |
arter(o) | artery |
ateri(o) | artery |
arteriol(o) | arteriole |
cardi(o) | heart |
phleb(o) | vein |
ven(i) | vein |
ven(o) | vein |
venul(o) | venule |
endocardi(o) | endocardium |
myocardi(o) | myocardium |
pericardi(o) | pericardium |
atri(o) | atrium |
coron(o) | crown |
mediastin(o) | mediastinum |
ox(i) | oxygen |
pulumn(o) | lung |
sept(o) | septum |
partition | sept(o) |
sin(o) | sinus |
steth(o) | chest |
thorac(o) | chest |
valv(o) | valve |
valvul(o) | valve |
ventricul(o) | ventricle |
-ole | small |
rhythm(o) | rhythm |
rrhythm(o) | rhythm |
de- | down, from, or reversing |
-stenosis | narrowing; stricture |
aneurysm(o) | aneurysm |
ather(o) | yellowish, fatty plaque |
embol(o) | embolus |
aden(o) | gland |
adenoid(o) | adenoids |
lymph(o) | lymph |
lymphat(o) | lymphatics |
lymphaden(o) | lymph node |
lymphangi(o) | lymph vessel |
splen(o) | spleen |
thym(o) | thymus |
tonsill(o) | tonsil |
What are the lower chambers of the heart? | ventricles |
What is the largest artery? | aorta |
What consists of two large veins that communicate with the right atrium? | venae cavae |
What contains the upper chambers of the heart? | atria |
What vessels carry blood from the heart to the lungs? | pulmonary arteries |
What vessels carry blood from the lungs to the heart? | pulmonary veins |
What vessels convey blood from the venules toward the heart? | veins |
What vessels join arterioles and venules? | capillaries |
What vessels join capillaries and veins? | venules |
What area in the chest cavity contains the heart? | mediastinum |
.....is cardiac muscle tissue | myocardium |
What is the inner lining of the heart? | endocardium |
This is the sac which encloses the heart. | pericardium |
What is the wall between the left and right sides of the heart? | cardiac septum |
Charlie, a 60 year old male, has been diagnosed as having a coronary occulsion. He is most risk for which of the following? (atrioventricular block, congenital heart disease, myocardial infarction, or rheumatic fever) | myocardial infarction |
Charlie is told he has a form of arteriosclerosis in which yellowish plaque has accumulated on the walls of the arteries. What is the name of this form of arteriosclerosis? (aortostenosis, atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy, or coarctaction) | atherosclerosis |
Charlie's physician advices surgery. Which surgery is generally prescribed for coronary occlusion? (automatic implantable cardiopulmonary bypass, cardioverter, coronary artery bypass, or pericardiocentesis) | coronary artery bypass |
Kristen, a 28 year old female, is told she has inflammation of the lining of the heart. What is the medical term for this heart pathology? (coronary heart disease, endocarditis, myocarditis, or pericarditis) | endocarditis |
Jayne suffered ventricular fibrillation during coronary angiography. What procedure did the physician use to stop fibrillation? (atherectomy, endarterectomy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or defibrillation) | defibrillation |
Term meaning: A tumor of the rhythm | rhythoma |
Term meaning: Abnormal hardening of the aorta | aortosclerosis |
Term meaning: Absence of a heartbeat | asystole |
Term meaning: Agent that causes dilation of blood vessels | vasodilator |
Term meaning: Increased blood pressure | hypertension |
Term meaning: Increased pulse | tachycardia |
Term meaning: Inflammation of lymphatic vessel | lymphangitis |
Term meaning: Narrowing of the diameter of a vessel | angiostenosis |
Term meaning: Removal of the tonsils | tonsillectomy |
Term meaning: Suture of the spleen | splenorrhaphy |