Chabner chapter 11 medical terminology

Cramp like pain in the calf muscle cause by exercise and relieved by rest is called

Intermittent claudication

Sphygm/o

Pulse

Formation of fatty deposits on the inner lining of the coronary arteries is

Atherosclerosis

A(n) _______ test is used to find evidence of a heart attack

Cardiac biomarker

Thromb/o

Clot

After 3 months of regular measurement, mr. Jackson's blood pressure ranges from 170/90 to 180/100. This is indicative of ______

Hypertension

In systemic circulation, blood flows to the ____ after it leaves the left side of the heart

Aorta

AV is the abbreviation for:

Atrioventricular

Beaming magnetic waves at the heart to produce an image and obtain information about heat and large vessel pathology is called:

Cardiac MRI

Introducing a thin, flexible tube into a vein or artery and guiding it into the heart to detect pressured and patterns of blood flow is:

Cardiac catheterization

Impression of the heart caused by fluid in the pericardial cavity is

Cardiac tamponade

Hyper_____ means increased cholesterol in the blood

Cholesterolemia

Deficient blood supply to the myocardium

Ischemia

Heart valves are necessarily designed to

Keep the blood flowing in one direction

The cause of essential hypertension is

Not readily apparent or known

PCI is the abbreviation for:

Percutaneous coronary intervention

Small, pinpoint hemorrhages are called:

Petechiae

PAC is the abbreviation for:

Premature atrial contractions

Valvul/o

Valve

Damaged or incompetent venous valves that fail to prevent backward flow of blood can lead to the development of:

Varicose veins

The inter ____ septum is the wall between the ventricles of the heart

Ventricular

Focusing sound waves on a blood vessel to measure the velocity of blood flow is:

Doppler ultrasound

Using high frequency sound waves to show the structure and movement of the heart chambers and valves is:

Echocardiography

Rapid, random, inefficient contraction of the atria or ventricles is called

Fibrillation

MVP is the abbreviation for

Mitral valve prolapse

Chest pain secondary to oxygen deprivation to the myocardium is

Angina pectoris

Injecting radiopaque dye to obtain x-ray visualization if the heart and large blood vessels is:

Angiography

"Blue babies" due to the bluish cast of skin from lack of oxygen in the blood is called

Cyanosis

Removal of plaques or fatty deposits from the innermost lining of an artery is called:

Endarterectomy

Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart that occurs when microorganism a invade its surface is called _____itis

Endocard

A ____ is an abnormal, prolonged heart sound caused by incomplete closure of the heart valves

Murmur

Advanced atherosclerosis could likely lead to:

Myocardial infarction

Mr. Smithson is diagnosed with a complete (third degree) AV heart block. To restore normal rhythm, the cardiothoracic surgeon schedules mr smithson for insertion of a :

Pacemaker

Uncomfortable sensations in the chest related to cardiac arrhythmias are:

Palpitations

To describe a vessel as being open, use the term:

Patent

The instrument used to measure blood pressure is called

Sphygmomanometer

The circuit that the blood follows from the heart to the body's tissues and back is called ______ circulation

Systemic

Mrs. Thompson is scheduled for same-day surgery. Her resting blood pressure is 112/78. The ______ pressure of this reading is 112.

Systolic

Blocking of an artery by a blood clot is

Thrombotic occlusion

Damage to the heart valves produces lesions called ____ that can break off into the bloodstream as ______, material that travels through the blood

vegetations, emboli