Volume 11 Questions Correctly
Answered For Medical Terminology
Cardiovascular System
What is the term for unstable angina and heart attack occurring as... [Show More] consequences of
plaque rupture in coronary arteries describes which syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWERa*cute* *cor*onary *syn*dromes (ACS)
What is the term for a local widening of an artery caused by weakness in the arterial
wall? - CORRECT ANSWER-*An*eurysm
What is the combining form of the word vessel? - CORRECT ANSWER-angi/o, vas/o,
vascul/o
Chest pain resulting from blood flow being held back from heart muscle, reliveved with
nitroglycerin, is what? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ang*in*a
What is a record (x-ray) of a blood vessel called? - CORRECT ANSWER-*an*giogram
What is the term for a surgical repair of a blood vessel is? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*an*gioplasty
What is an antihypertensive drug that blocks the conversion of angiotensin I to
angiotensin II and dilates blood vessels? - CORRECT ANSWER-angio*ten*sincon*vert*ing *en*zyme (ACE) in*hib*itor
What is the combining form of the word aorta? - CORRECT ANSWER-aort
What is the largest artery in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER-a*or*ta
What is the term for narrowing of the aorta? - CORRECT ANSWER-a*or*tic ste*no*sis
What is the lower tip of the heart called? - CORRECT ANSWER-*a*pex
What are two terms used to describe abnormal heart rhythm? Examples are flutter,
fibrillation, and heart block. - CORRECT ANSWER-a*rrhyth*mia and dys*rhyth*mia
What is the combining form of the word artery? - CORRECT ANSWER-arter/o, arteri/o
What is the name for a surgical connection between arteries, or a new connection
between two arteries? - CORRECT ANSWER-ar*ter*ial anasto*mo*sis
What is the process of recording (x-ray) arteries after injecting contrast material? -
CORRECT ANSWER-arteri*og*raphy
What is the term for a small artery? - CORRECT ANSWER-ar*ter*iole
What is the term used to describe the hardening of arteries? - CORRECT ANSWERarterioscle*ro*sis
What is the largest type of blood vessel which carries blood away from the heart to all
parts of the body? - CORRECT ANSWER-*ar*tery
What is the combining form of the word yellowish plaque? - CORRECT ANSWERather/o
What is the term for removal of a fatty mass in a vessel? - CORRECT ANSWERathe*rec*tomy
What is the collection of fatty material in an artery called? - CORRECT ANSWERathe*ro*ma
What is the hardening of arteries with deposit of fatty substance called? - CORRECT
ANSWER-atheroscle*ro*sis
What term refers to the upper chamber of the heart? - CORRECT ANSWER-*a*trium
(pl. atria)
What is the combining form of the word atrium? - CORRECT ANSWER-atri/o
What means "pertaining to an upper chamber of the heart"? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*a*trial
What specialized tissue is located in the wall between the atria, and has electrical
impulses that pass from the pacemaker through AV node and bundle of His to
ventricles? - CORRECT ANSWER-atrioven*tric*ular (AV node)
Which specialized muscle fibers connect the upper and lower heart chambers? (Bundle
of His) - CORRECT ANSWER-atrioven*tric*ular *bun*dle
What term means listening for sounds using a stethoscope? - CORRECT ANSWERauscul*ta*tion
Which drug is used to treat angina, hypertension, and arrhythmias by blocking the
action of epinephrine at receptor sites on cells? - CORRECT ANSWER-*be*ta-*block*er
What device that enables ventricles to beat together so that more blood is pumped out
of the heart? - CORRECT ANSWER-biven*tric*ular *pace*maker
What transports foods, gases, and wastes to and from the cells of the body, as well as
hormones, blood proteins, leukocyte, thrombocytes? - CORRECT ANSWER-blood
What is the combining form of the word arm? - CORRECT ANSWER-brachi/o
Which artery branches from the aorta to bring blood to the arm? - CORRECT
ANSWER-*bra*chial *ar*tery
What is the term for a slow heartbeat? - CORRECT ANSWER-brady*car*dia
Abnormal blowing or swishing sound heard during auscultation of an artery is called? -
CORRECT ANSWER-*Bru*it (BREW-ee)
Name the drug used to treat angina and hypertension. It dilates blood vessels, stopping
the influx of calcium into muscle cells lining vessels. - CORRECT ANSWER-*cal*cium
*chann*el *block*er
What is the smallest blood vessel called? - CORRECT ANSWER-*cap*illary
Which gas is released by body cells and travels in the blood to the lungs, where it is
exhaled? - CORRECT ANSWER-*car*bon di*ox*ide (CO2)
What is the combing form of the word heart? - CORRECT ANSWER-cardi/o
Sudden, unexpected stoppage of heart action is called what? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*car*diac a*rrest*
What is pressure on the heart caused by fluid in the pericardial space? - CORRECT
ANSWER-*car*diac tampo*nade*
What term means enlargement of the heart? - CORRECT ANSWER-cardio*meg*aly
A disease of heart muscle is referred to as what? - CORRECT ANSWERcardiomy*op*athy
Where is the hospital area where acute heart conditions are treated? - CORRECT
ANSWER-CCU
What is the combining form of the word cholesterol? - CORRECT ANSWERcholesterol/o
What term means pain, tension, and weakness in a leg after walking has begun, caused
by blockage of arteries in the lower extremities due to atherosclerosis? - CORRECT
ANSWER-claudi*ca*tion [Show Less]
