Med Term Ch. 4

What is the meaning of asystole?

Absence of heart beat

What is hemopericardium?

An effusion of blood within the pericardium

What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

An emergency first-aid procedure used to reestablish heart and lung action

What is an arteriopathy?

Any disease of the arteries

Which of the following is a diagnostic procedure in which a catheter is introduced through an incision into a large blood vessel and threaded through the circulatory system to the heart?

Cardiac catheterization

What is inflammation of the valves of the heart?

Cardiovalvulitis

Which term means using electrical shock to restore the normal rhythm of the heart?

Cardioversion

What is a coronary thrombosis?

Formation of a blood clot in an artery that supplies blood to the myocardium

What do atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects have in common?

In both cases, there is an abnormal opening in the partition that separates the right and left sides of the heart.

What does thrombolymphangitis mean?

Inflammation of a lymphatic vessel caused by a blood clot

Which is true of ventricular fibrillation?

It is a cardiac arrhythmia marked by rapid, uncoordinated contractions

Which of the following describes the sequence of blood flow (not all structures are included)?

Right atrium, lungs, left ventricle, aorta

Which term means suture of the spleen?

Splenorrhaphy

What is lymphedema?

Swelling caused by an obstruction of the lymphatics

Which of the following means excision of the tonsils and adenoids?

Tonsilloadenoidectomy

Which of the following is a cardiac arrhythmia marked by rapid contractions of the ventricles?

Ventricular fibrillation

How is a heart murmur that is present at birth most likely classified?

a congenital heart defect

Which of the following vessels supplies blood to the myocardium?

a coronary artery

What is a lymphangioma?

a tumor composed of lymph vessels

To what does venular refer?

a venule

What is the record produced by ultrasonography of the heart?

an echocardiogram

What is a defibrillator?

an instrument used to stop fibrillation

Which term means a localized dilation or ballooning out of the wall of a blood vessel?

aneurysm

What is radiologic study of the heart and its great vessels called?

angiocardiography

What is the name of an agent that reduces high blood pressure?

antihypertensive

Which of the following means inflammation of the largest artery in the body?

aoritis

Which term means cardiac arrest?

asystole

Which term means abnormal enlargement of an atrium?

atriomegaly

What is the name of the lymph nodes located in the armpits?

axillary nodes

To what does cardiovascular pertain?

blood vessels and heart

Which term applies to one whose pulse rate at rest measures 40 beats per minute?

bradycardia

Which is the smallest blood vessel?

capillary

Which of the following is more likely to occur if the heart works harder to compensate for deficient cardiac function?

cardiomegaly

What is a general term that designates primary disease of the heart muscle itself?

cardiomyopathy

Which type of solution is commonly used to stop heart contractions when performing surgery on the heart itself?

cardioplegic

Which condition is characterized by occlusion of a vessel of the brain by an embolus, thrombus, or cerebrovascular hemorrhage or spasm?

cerebrovascular accident

The term ventricles pertains to what particular structures?

chambers of the heart or brain

What is the name of the instrument that records electrical currents generated by the heart?

electrocardiograph

What is the meaning of angiectomy?

excision of a blood vessel

Which of the following forms the basis for the term atherosclerosis?

fatty deposits on hardened arterial walls

Which of the following is a portable electrocardiograph?

holter monitor

What does hypertension mean?

increased (high) blood pressure

What does tachycardia mean?

increased pulse (heart) rate

What is thrombophlebitis?

inflammation of a vein associated with a blood clot

What is endocarditis?

inflammation of the inner lining of the heart

Which means formation of a blood clot within a vessel?

intravascular thrombosis

Which term means a decreased supply of oxygenated blood to a body part?

ischemia

Which term means any disease of a lymph node?

lymphadenopathy

Which of the following terms means produced from lymph or in the lymphatics?

lymphogenous

Which of the following is an x-ray image in which one might see lymph nodes?

lymphogram

Which of the following means a lymphatic tumor?

lymphoma

Which of the following is a word that means abnormal smallness of the heart?

microcardia

Which of the following terms means necrosis of a portion of the cardiac muscle caused by an obstruction or blood clot in a coronary artery?

myocardial infarction

What is the name of the middle and thickest tissue of the heart, which is composed of cardiac muscle?

myocardium

What does phlebotomy mean?

opening a vein for removal of blood

What is the general term for the management of coronary artery occlusions by any of the catheter-based techniques?

percutaneous coronary intervention

What is the name of the membrane that surrounds the heart?

pericardium

Which of the following combining forms refers to a vein?

phleb(o)

Which term means the same as venous stasis?

phlebostasis

What does diastole mean?

relaxation of the ventricles

Which of the following helps to eliminate superficial varicose veins by injection of an agent directly into the veins?

sclerotherapy

What is another term for the pulmonary and aortic valves?

semilunar valve

What are the three specialized lymphatic organs that contain lymphatic tissue?

spleen, thymus, and tonsils

Which is the same as splenomegaly?

splenic enlargement

What is the correct term for any disease of the spleen?

splenopathy

Which of the following means an expandable mesh-like structure that is used to keep partially occluded vessels open?

stent

What does angioplasty mean?

surgical repair of a blood vessel

What causes the heart to contract?

the sinoatrial node

How many flaps of tissue does a tricuspid valve have?

three

Which term means removal of the thymus?

thymectomy

Which of the following organs is closely associated with the maturation of T cells?

thymus

Which is the correct term for inflammation of the tonsils?

tonsillitis

Which term means pertaining to a valve?

valvular

Which term means a decrease in the diameter of a blood vessel?

vasoconstriction

Which of the following is an abnormal opening in part of the septum dividing the two ventricles?

ventricular septal defect