Med Term Quiz 5: Cardiovascular System

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Which condition is the severe chest pain associated with myocardial ischemia?

Angina pectoris

Which of the following abbreviations stands for a surgical procedure?

CABG

Which surgical procedure removes the damaged inner lining of an artery?

Endarterectomy

Which procedure uses a heart-lung machine?

Extracorporeal circulation

Which abbreviation stands for high blood pressure?

HTN

Which of the following abbreviations stands for a heart attack?

MI

Which of the following conditions is periodic ischemic attacks affecting the extremities of the body?

Raynaud's phenomenon

Which of the following statements regarding blood flow through the heart is not true?

The left ventricle pumps blood to the lungs

Which of the following conditions is caused by an inflamed vein causing the formation of blood clots within the vein?

Thrombophlebitis

A weakened and ballooned artery is called an

aneurysm

Which term means process of recording a vessel?

angiography

Blood exits the left side of the heart into the:

aorta

What is the most common form of arteriosclerosis?

atherosclerosis

Which term means listening to the sounds within the body?

auscultation

The mitral valve is also called the ___ valve

bicuspid

Which term means enlarged heart?

cardiomegaly

What increases the force of cardiac muscle contraction?

cardiotonic

The pulmonary artery:

carries blood away from the heart

The heart receives its blood supply from:

coronary arteries

What surgical procedure uses a blood vessel from another part of the body?

coronary artery bypass graft

What procedure is used to visualize internal cardiac structures?

echocardiography

What is the therapeutic device to treat ventricular fibrillation?

implantable cardio defibrillator

Which term means pertaining to between the atria?

interatrial

Which heart valve has two cusps?

mitral

Which of the following term means pound, racing heartbeat?

palpitations

Which combining form is for a structure not found inside the heart?

phleb

Which term means a yellow fatty deposit of lipids in an artery?

plaque

Which of the following terms means to flow backward?

regurgitation

Word meaning chest?

steth

Heart valve stenosis mean the valve is too

stiff

What is used to measure cardiac fitness?

stress test

Which term means fast heartbeat?

tachycardia

Fibrillation means that

the heartbeat is dangerously irregular

Steptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator are used for:

thrombolytic therapy

Blood is returned the right side of the heart by the:

vena cavae

Which of the following is also known as the pacemaker of the heart?

Sinoatrial node (SA node)

What surgical procedure joins two arteries?

arterial anastomosis

Which term means hardened artery?

arteriosclerosis

What condition refers to the heart muscle being too weak to efficiently pump blood?

congestive heart failure

Which of the following is a floating clot that has broken off a clot somewhere else in the body?

embolus

What is the surgical procedure to treat varicose veins?

ligation and stripping

The aorta carries:

oxygenated blood to the body

What is the name of the steel tube placed within a blood vessel?

stent

Which of the following statements regarding blood pressure is not true?

Blood pressure is highest when the heart is relaxed

In which of the following conditions is a heart valve to loose?

Valve prolapse

Which abbreviation is an arrhythmia?

Vfib


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