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Pathology chapter7/9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the most common congenital cardiac lesion? | Left to right shunts |
| What permits mixing of the blood from system and pulmonary circulation? | Atrial septal defect |
| What is a result of atrial septal defect? | A non-closure of the foremen ovale after birth |
| What is the most common cause of congenital heart disease? | Teratology of fallot |
| This is the constriction of the aorta at the distal arch | Coarctation of the aorta |
| Coronary heart disease causes what | Ischemia heart disease |
| Ischemia heart disease is a result of what | Decreased oxygen to the myocardium |
| What is the general term describing any hardening and loss of elasticity of medium or large arteries | Arteriosclerosis |
| This is the hardening of an artery specifically due to an atheromatous | Atherosclerosis |
| Atherosclerosis is a form of what | Arteriosclerosis |
| The death of the myocardial cells caused by a lack of blood supply is known as | Myocardial infarction |
| This is the inability of the heart to propel blood at a rate and volume sufficient to provide an adequate supply to the tissues | Congestive heart failure |
| What is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the extravascular pulmonary tissue | Pulmonary edema |
| What is the leading cause of strokes and CHF | Hypertension |
| What is a high blood pressure defined as | Systolic pressure above 140mmHg and a diastolic number above 90mmHg |
| What does COPD stand for | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| What is the area of an artery in which the walls are dilated | An aneurysm |
| This is the dilation or bulging on only one side of the arterial wall | Saccular aneurysm |
| What is it called when the entire circumference of the vessel wall is bulging | Fusiform aneurysm |
| What is the disruption of the intima allowing blood to flow between the layers of the wall | Aortic dissection |
| What is the term meaning intravascular clot | Thrombus |
| What is a piece of a blood clot that enters the blood stream called | An embolism |
| The accumulation of fluid in the membrane surrounding the heart called | Pericardial effusion |
| What is a major source of fatal pulmonary emboli | Deep vein thrombosis |
| This is a decrease in the amount of oxygen carrying hemoglobin in the blood | Anemia |
| What is the most common cause of anemia | An iron deficiency |
| This is caused by defective red look cells with a shortened life span | Hemolytic anemia |
| What is a type of hemolytic anemia predominantly in Italians, Greek, and Sicilian descent | Thalassemia |
| What is the failure of bone marrow to function called | Aplastic anemia |
| This is a neoplasticism proliferation of white blood cells | Leukemia |
| These are neoplasms of the lymph nodes, spleen, and the lymphoid tissues of the gastrointestinal tract, lungs and skin | Lymphomas |
| Infectious mononucleosis may be caused by what | The Epstein-Barr virus |
| This is an inherited anomaly in blood coagulation that appears clinically only in males | Hemophilia |
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