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Ch 11-Cardiovascular
The Language of Medicine 11th Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Largest artery in the body: | aorta |
| Specialized muscle fibers that connect the atria with the ventricles and transmit electrical impulses between them: | bundle of His |
| Smallest blood vessel: | capillary |
| One of two upper chambers of the heart: | atrium |
| Relaxation phase of the heartbeat: | diastole |
| Contraction phase of the heartbeat: | systole |
| Innermost lining of blood vessels: | endothelium |
| Muscular, middle layer of the heart: | myocardium |
| Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart: | pericardium |
| Thin-walled vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart: | vein |
| Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries: | pulse |
| Partition or wall dividing a cavity, such as between the right and left atria: | septum |
| Pacemaker of the heart: | SA node |
| Valve located between the right atrium and the right ventricle: | tricuspid valve |
| Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle: | mitral valve |
| Largest vein in the body: | vena cava |
| One of two lower chambers of the heart: | ventricle |
| Blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle: | coronary arteries |
| Specialized tissue in the wall between the atria: | AV node |
| Largest type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body. | artery |
| A combining form that means vessel: | angi/o |
| The combining form that means yellowish plaque: | ather/o |
| A combining form that means heart: | cardi/o |
| A combining form that means vein: | phleb/o |
| A combining form that means clot: | thromb/o |
| A combining form that means vessel: | vascul/o |
| The combining form that means blue: | cyan/o |
| The combining form that means mucus: | myx/o |
| The combining form that means lower heart chamber: | ventricul/o |
| A combining form that means chest: | steth/o |
| An angiogram is a record (-gram) of a/an _______ (angi/o). | vessel |
| Cardiomegaly is enlargement (-megaly) of the ______ (cardi/o). | heart |
| Cyanosis is an abnormal condition (-osis) of ________ (cyan/o) due to poor oxygenation of blood. | blue (bluish discoloration) |
| A phlebotomy is an incision (-tomy) of a/an ________ (phleb/o). | vein |
| Thrombolysis is the destruction (-lysis) of ________ (thromb/o). | clots |
| Vasoconstriction is the narrowing (-constriction) of ________ (vas/o). | vessels |
| Pericardiocentesis is surgical puncture (-centesis) of the ________ (pericardi/o) to remove fluid. | pericardium |
| Atherosclerosis is hardening (-sclerosis) of ________ (arteri/o). | arteries |
| The term vascular means pertaining to (-ar) a ________ (vascul/o). | vessel |
| A stethoscope is an instrument to examine (-scope) the ________ (steth/o). | chest |
| Rapid but regular contractions, usually of the atria: | flutter |
| Very rapid, random and irregular contractions of the heart: | fibrillation |
| Congenital malformation involving four distinct heart defects: | tetralogy of Fallot |
| Condition in which the heart is unable to pump its required amount of blood: | CHF |
| Disease of the arteries surrounding the heart: | CAD |
| Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart: | endocarditis |
| Extra heart sound heard between normal beats: | murmur |
| A disease in which there are recurrent episodes of pallor and cyanosis, primarily in fingers and toes: | Raynaud disease |
| Abnormally swollen and twisted veins, usually occurring in the legs: | varicose veins |
| High blood pressure: | HTN |
| X-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast material: | angiography |
| Images of the heart produced by echoes generated by high-frequency sound waves: | echocardiography |
| A procedure in which a thin, flexible tube is guided into the heart via a vein or an artery: | cardiac catheterization |
| Recording of electricity flowing through the heart | electrocardiography |
| An ECG device is worn during a 24-hour period to detect cardiac arrhythmias: | Holter monitoring |
| A procedure in which arteries and veins are anastomosed to coronary arteries to detour around blockages: | coronary artery bypass grafting |
| Surgical removal of plaque from the inner layer of an artery: | endarterectomy |
| Brief delivery of radiofrequency energy to destroy areas of heart tissue that may be causing arrhythmias: | catheter ablation |
| A procedure in which a heart-lung machine diverts blood from the heart and lungs while the heart is repaired: | extracorporeal circulation |
| A procedure in which a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a coronary artery to open the artery and then a stent is put in place: | PCI |
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