Chapter 5 Med term

​________ drugs are also known as​ "water pills."

Diuretic

The prefix in the medical word supraventricular means​ ________.

above

An area of dilation and weakness in the wall of an artery is​ ________.

an aneurysm

The combining form​ axill/o- means​ ________.

armpit

All​ ________ carry blood away from the heart to the body or to the lungs.

arteries

The arrhythmia in which the heart beats too slowly is called​ ________.

bradycardia

ACE inhibitor drugs treat​ _________________ and hypertension.

congestive heart failure

The combining form​ necr/o- means​ ________.

dead

The resting period between the contractions of the ventricles is called​ _________.

diastole

ECG and EKG both stand for​ ________.

electrocardiography

The innermost layer of cells that lines the​ atria, ventricles, and heart valves is the​ ___________.

endocardium

When the blood enters the pulmonary​ circulation, it travels through the pulmonary​ valve, pulmonary​ trunk, and pulmonary​ arteries, arterioles, and capillaries in the​ ________.

lungs

In the systemic circulation through the​ arteries, the blood travels from the left atrium through the​ ___________ valve and into the left ventricle.

mitral

The combining form in the medical word defibrillator means​ ________.

muscle fiber

The​ __________ is the muscular layer of the heart.

myocardium

The combining form​ sten/o- means​ ________.

narrowness

The procedure that uses a needle to puncture the pericardium and withdraw inflammatory fluid accumulated in the pericardial sac is called​ ________.

pericardiocentesis

The outermost layer of the heart is the​ ___________.

pericardium

Contraction of the ventricles is known as​ _________

systole

What is the medical word meaning condition of a fast​ heartbeat?

tachycardia

The​ ____ artery brings oxygenated blood to the front and back of the lower leg.

tibial

The combining form​ palpit/o- means​ ________.

to throb

The​ _________ valve is between the right atrium and the right ventricle.

tricuspid

The medical word​ ___________ refers to the blood vessels associated with a particular organ.

vasculature

The definition of the combining form​ phleb/o- is​ ________.

vein

The combining form for heart is​ _________.

​cardi/o-

The prefix in the medical word endocarditis means​ ________.

​innermost; within

The cardiovascular word tricuspid is pronounced​ ________.

​try-KUS-pid