HSC 3537 Final Exam - Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions) The valve located between the left atrium and ventricle is the: bicuspid pulmonary
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[Show More] semilunar tricuspid The Pace-Maker is found in the right atria and is also called the: V-A Node A-V Node A-S Node S-A Node The blood vessel that carries blood containing oxygen and nutrients away from the heart to the body tissues (except the lungs) is the: duct venule aorta vein The combining forms angi/o- and vaso- all mean: vein valve heart vessel The combining forms that mean "chest" are: steth/o-, pectero-, and thoroco- ech/o- and sond- sterno- and omo- masto- and mammo- Angina Pectoris literally means: vessel : clot vein : pain vessel : chest artery : pain The term that means separation or removal is: crit odynia apheresis poiesis The diagnostic term that means abnormal state of a slow heart rate is: arteriorrhexis endocarditis bradycardia tachycardia The diagnostic term Aortic Stenosis means: pain in the heart narrowing of the aorta hardening of the arteries deficiency of blood cells The diagnostic term Coronary Isch/emia actually means: tumor composed of blood vessels abnormal condition of a clot in a blood vessel of the heart deficient supply of blood to the crowning blood vessels of the heart inflammation of the lymph glands The diagnostic term that means hardening of the arteries is: arterio/scler/o/sis cardio/valvul/itis angio/card/itis coronary thromb/o/sis The literal meaning of the diagnostic term Cardio/myo/path/y is: a condition that causes poor blood circulation to the heart muscle heart/muscle/disease/condition poor blood flow/trauma circulation/problems The inability of the heart to pump enough blood through the body to supply the tissues and organs is called: coronary occlusion congenital heart disease coronary thrombosis congestive heart failure The diagnostic term for the ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall is: varicose vein myocardial infarction aneurysm embolus The diagnostic term for a type of cancer characterized by an abnormal increase in white blood cells is: sarcoma hemophilia leuk/emia Hodgkin's Disease The surgical term for the incision into a vein to remove blood, to give blood, or to give intravenous fluids is: phleb/ectomy phleb/otomy spleen/opexy angio/plasty The surgical term Angi/o/rrhaphy means: surgical excision of a vein suturing of a vessel or to repair a vessel artery cutting surgical fixation of the spleen The surgical term Angioplasty means: surgical excision of a vein surgical repair of a blood vessel suturing of a blood vessel surgical fixation of the spleen The surgical term for a procedure in which a balloon is passed through a blood vessel to the area in which plaque is formed is: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty femoropopliteal bypass venal ligation and stripping aneurysmectomy The procedural term for X-ray of the blood vessels after an injection of contrast medium dye is: angiograph/y lymphangiograph/y arteriogram aortogram Macro/phage literally means: Large/eater Big/suction Larger/cell Large/bacteria The study that uses ultrasound to determine the velocity of the flow of blood within a vessel is: Cardiac Scan Cardiac Catheterization Treadmill Stress Test Doppler Flow Studies The medical term that means removal of liquid from withdrawn blood is: hemo/ stasis plasm/apheresis hemoto/poiesis hemo/lysis The medical term Hemo/stasis literally means: stoppage of bleeding or diminished blood flow destruction of red blood cells study of the circulation formation of blood cells and plasma The medical term for the hearing of sounds within the body through a stethoscope is: auscultation percussion manometer peripheral vascular Application of an electric shock to the myocardium through the chest wall to restore normal cardiac rhythm is called: cardiopulmonary resuscitation Electric Shock Therapy "EST" de/fibrill/ation dyscrasia The medical term Sy/stole (together/contract) actually means: agent or nerve that enlarges the lumen of blood vessels cardiac cycle phase where chambers contract raising blood pressure abnormal or pathological condition of the blood agent or nerve that narrows the lumen of blood vessels The phase in the cardiac cycle in which chambers relax between contractions is called: lumen dia/stole auscult/ation occlude The medical term for the phase in the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles contract is: auscultation diastole manometer systole Poly/cyth/emia Vera (many/cells/blood: true) is the term for: Erythrocytosis "RBC increases cause strokes, heart attacks, & clots" Leucopoiesis "formation of WBCs" Thrombostasis "platelet stoppage" Erythropenia "decrease in RBC's A Pulmonary Infarction (lung: to stuff into) actually means: pulmonary incompetence slowed blood flow lung blood flow blockage pulmonary valve stenosis The term _________________ refers to the lack of development of normal numbers of RBC's (Erythrocyte) in the blood. Sickle Cell An/emia Iron Deficiency An/emia A/plastic An/emia Sidero/blastic An/emia Hodgkin's Disease is a type of: Carcin/oma Myel/oma Lymph/oma Sarc/oma Athero/sclerosis is a type of: Coronary Ischemia Arteriosclerosis Lymphangitis Angina Pectoris An Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm is the _____________ of the big blood vessel in the posterior belly that often ruptures and causes death by hem/orrhag/ing. stenosis collapsing twisting ballooning A Varico/cele is the __________ of the veins in the scrotum (male pouch). shortening twisting lengthening ballooning The parasitic Protozoan Disease Trypano/som/iasis (carried by insects) is called Snail Fever, Chagas' Disease, Tsetse Fly Disease, America Fever or: Helminthic Illness Worm Infestation Elephant/iasis Sleeping Sickness Schisto/som/iasis in man is a type of a _____________ infestation. Split Bodied Blood Fluke Worm Dilated Pinworm Enlarged Roundworm Twisted Flatworm Coronary Thrombosis is also known as: mitral valve insufficiency pulmonary valve atresia aortic valve stenosis Acute Myocardial Infarction or Myocardial Infarction The most important longitudinal heart study in the world is being conducted in what American City since 1946: Dallas, Texas Framingham, Massachusetts Chicago, Illinois Knoxville, Tennessee A Stethoscope is placed over the heart valves to listen to the: Aortic Valve Bicuspid and Tricuspid Valves Pulmonary Valve all of the above The Sickle Cell Anemia (Sickle Cell Trait "Gene") includes the: clumping of blood in vessels causing ischemia, infarction, and tissue necrosis ischemia and lack of normal numbers of RBCs and flow to the body tissues sickle shaped RBCs which cannot carry sufficient oxygen, and get stuck in capillaries all of the above The terms Crenation, Poikilocytosis, and Anisocytosis all refer to: cell shapes anemias cell packing in the blood stream cell numbers The condition of Hodgkin's Disease could also be known as: Parotitis Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Glandular Fever Lymph Node Hyper/trophy Disease The lymphoid tissues located behind the nasal cavity are called: bronchioles adenoids tonsils paranasal sinuses The double-sac membrane that covers each lung and lines the thoracic cavity is the: pleura peritoneum mediastinum pericardium The surgical term for the puncture of the chest cavity in order to aspirate fluid is called: pneumonectomy thoracocentesis pleuropexy bronchoplasty The area in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged is called the: pleura alveolus or cavity (alveolar sacs) bronchus bronchioles The term Eu/pnea actually means: well, easy, true, normal, or good breathing total air good talking normal speech The suffix ___________ is added to word part Pneumono-/________ to refer to the surgical procedure of puncturing the lung and aspirating fluids like blood, pus, & lymph. This procedure promotes easy breathing and cell oxygenation. -centesis -ostomy -ectomy -otomy The diagnostic term for pus in the pleural space in the chest is: pneumoconiosis pneumo/thorax pyo/thorax pleur/itis The diagnostic term for narrowing or contraction of the larynx or voice box is: broncho/pneumonia atelectasis tracheostenosis laryngospasm or laryngo/stenosis [Show Less]